A post shared by Hemp Blue (@hempblueofficial) on Feb 18, 2017 at 2:20pm PST While the 2014 Farm Bill provided protection for industrial hemp grown for research purposes, hemp for grown for commercial reasons is not a federally protected crop. The brothers’ three main goals are: to revive the hemp industry, to use only sustainable products and to educate hemp farmers. The Hemp Craft (THC) The Hemp Craft has created a backpack made of hemp, called TashiPack. Hemp Blue materials are sourced from Italy, Japan and Thailand. The brothers traveled to Nepal and became familiar with the hemp farmers.
Hemp was once used in so many ways it was even required to be grown in the early colonial days of the United States. George Washington grew hemp. During World War II, an incentive program provided US farmers an opportunity to grow hemp to provide fibers for the production of canvas used by the military. For millennia, hemp enjoyed a fruitful life as one of the most versatile fibers on the planet, used for food, textiles, paper and more.
This was not lost on the following Crowdfunding hopefuls — they are each using, or have used, hemp to help communities around the world grow and learn about everything the plant has to offer.
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