Hemp - the world's most valuable and versatile resource!

As we begin a new millennium, we can see that it is time for some positive changes in how we walk upon the Earth. One way to start this process of healing is to work WITH Mother Earth & listen to what she has to offer. It just so happens that she possesses the world's most valuable & versatile resource -- the hemp plant.

Fabric, rope, paints, lighting oil, fossil fuels, paper, medicine, building materials & hemp seed foods are just a few of the many uses of the cannabis plant. Hemp also has very deep roots which help to prevent soil erosion, making it an excellent rotation crop requiring fewer pesticides & fertilizers than other crops such as cotton.

Hemp is the perfect source to replace trees for housing & building materials as well as all other items made from our forests. One acre of hemp produces as much pulp fiber & cellulose as 4.1 acres of trees. The hemp plant uses the sun more efficiently than virtually any other plant on our planet, reaching a robust 12 to 20 feet or more in one short growing season. It can grow in virtually any climate or soil condition on Earth, even marginal ones.

The list of therapeutic applications of cannabis is long in both use & history. There are more than 60 therapeutic compounds in cannabis that are healing agents in medical & herbal treatments.

It is plain to see that the decrease in consumption of nonrenewable resources through increased hemp farming can bring about a "Healing of the Nations"

Using environmentally friendly products is an easy first step in securing a safe place for our children & future generations to come, as well as ourselves at this moment. For the time is now upon us to start conscience living and with the use of hemp products the change can come quickly and more easily.

Pattie Nelson