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H
emp seeds ure one o nuture's most perect oods.
ln uddton to beng un exceent source o ber,
ron, mugnesum, copper, phosphorus und nu-
merous other vtumn und mnerus, hemp seeds contun
u hghy dgestbe punt proten vhch s ree o trypsn-
nhbtors und curres l8 umno ucds, thus mukng t u
compete proten. 1he seeds cun be consumed vhoe
|smur to eutng sunover seeds), hued, or ground nto
u povder or bukng or uddng to smoothes. lncorporut-
ng hemp seed nto the det s un exceent vuy to ncreuse
ntuke o essentu utty ucds, they provde one o the hgh-
est concentrutons o poyunsuturuted
utty ucds Cmegu-6 und Cmegu-3 n
un deu 3:l ruto. Hemp seeds contun
nuturuy occurrng gummu-noenc
ucd |CLA) und steurdonc ucd |SDA).
\th u peusunt, nutty uvor, hemp s
u decous ood pucked vth dense
nutrton.
Where Does Hemp
Come From
Hemp seeds come rom the
ndustru hemp punt, uso knovn
us cunnubs sutvu L uku hemp. lt s
mportunt to note thut ndustru hemp
und muruunu ure not the sume punt.
Hemp s u vurety o cunnubs, hovev-
er t s not u drug und does not contun
uny psychouctve eements. Accordng
to the Congressonu Report or Con-
gress entted Hemp us un Agrcu-
turu Commodty, u person cunnot
get hgh' rom eutng or uttemptng
to smoke hemp. 1he report stutes thut,
Athough muruunu s uso u vurety
o cunnubs, t s genetcuy dstnct
rom ndustru hemp und s urther
dstngushed by ts use und chemcu
mukeup. Despte ths, the cutvuton
o ndustru hemp s currenty hghy
restrcted n the Lnted Stutes.
A Brief Hemp History
lt muy surprse muny Amercuns
thut the nuton's rst hemp uvs uctu-
uy requred the grovng o hemp.
Mundutory hemp cutvuton uvs vere
enucted n the eury l600's. Hemp
vus used us egu tender n most o the
Amercus rom l63l unt the eury
l800's und coud even be used to puy
tuxes. 1he cutvuton und use o hemp
contnued nto the l900's..
ln the eury tventeth century msnormuton ubout
hemp begun to spreud. lotcuns, uv enorcement ugents
und nevspupers u contrbuted to the msconcepton thut
hemp und murhuunu |the urchuc speng o muruunu)
vere the sume punt. Murhuunu vus u sung term, so
curyng the derences betveen cunnubs ndcu Lum
und sutvu vuretes thut curred psychouctve eements und
cunnubs sutvu L |hemp) becume ncreusngy conusng.
1he Murhuunu 1ux Act o l937 vus enucted to requre
tuxuton und specu permts n order to grov, possess or
trunser cunnubs. lrohbton o cunnubs eventuuy took
over. 1here vus u bre repeu o ths
emburgo durng \ord \ur ll vhen
u cumpugn cued Hemp or Vctory
encouruged urmers to grov hemp to
support vur eorts.
1he Controed Substunce Act o
l970 |CSA) cussed hemp n the
most strngent cutegory us u Schedue
l Controed Substunce uong vth
heron und other hghy uddctve, no
medcu use drugs. 1hs strct cuss-
cuton ncuded ndustru hemp even
though t vus knovn not to contun
psychouctve propertes, or even to be
u drug.
Hemp in the Modern
Marketplace
ln uddton to yedng u nutr-
tonu super-ood thut muny Amercuns
ure keen to consume, the hemp punt
cun provde the ruv muterus or the
producton o over 25,000 products.
lts cutvuton s ecoogcuy rendy
und u purts o the punt ure use-
ube. 1he ndustru hemp punt hus u
unque cupubty o removng con-
tumnutes rom so und vuter through
u process cued phytoremeduton und
t does not requre pestcdes, herb-
cdes or ertzers. Nutrents used by
the grovng punt ure stored n the
euves und vhen et to much nto the
drt, repensh the so. \hen the punt
mutter s turned nto commodtes t
does not need or creute toxns und the
products produced ure bodegrudube.
Legalize It
Snce l973 the Drug Lnorcement
Agency |DLA) hus muntuned contro
over hemp. Athough ndustru hemp
und muruunu ure derent punts und
Hemp --
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sov derenty, the DLA v not reeuse permts to grov
the crop. Removng hemp rom the CSA hus nothng to do
vth beng sot on drugs. Recognzng ths, uong vth
the uct thut ndustru hemp s u hgh-vuue, ov-nput crop
thut provdes u nutrtonuy dense ood source und sgn-
cunt economc benets, egsuton s nov pendng to uov
Lnted Stutes urmers to eguy grov hemp.
Contuctng egsutors to voce support or HR l83l,
1he lndustru Hemp Act o 20ll, s one vuy to support
chunges n the outduted ederu pocy thut prohbts the
cutvuton o ndustru hemp. Athough t s not egu to
grov vthn the Lnted Stutes, hemp products cun be
eguy purchused und consumed. Demonstrutng consumer
demund s uso u hepu vuy to cumpugn or the eguzu-
ton o hemp us t ustrutes thut estubshment o u hemp
ndustry coud meun obs or L.S ctzens.
Iauta !ob|e |s a hemp advoca|e uho s|at|ed |nves||ga||ng
hemp |abt|cs |ot |he|t IV pto|ec||ve qua||||es a||et ba||||ng
me|anoma. Het d|scovety o| |he many nu|t|||ona|, env|ton
men|a| and econom|c bene||s o| hemp |ed het |o ctea|e
Cous|n Maty /ane. Iot |ut|het |n|otma||on on |he nu|t|||ona|
bene||s o| hemp, hou you can suppot| |he hemp |ndus|ty and
|o |nves||ga|e |he consp|tacy aga|ns| hemp, v|s|| Cous|nMaty
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Hemp s u renevube ruv muteru und hus u
ong, postve, useu hstory. \he the seeds o
the punt ure used or ood, the brous stuk cun
be used to muke rope und ubrc. 1he ceuose
core ound vthn the stuk cun be turned nto
puper products und used to muke ust ubout uny-
thng thut s normuy mude rom pustc. lurt o
the stuk cun even be used to creute hempbourd
|smur to purtcebourd) or mxed vth me to
creute u budng muteru cued Hempcrete.
lroducts creuted rom hemp ure u bodegrud-
ube.
lnterestng Lses o Hemp 1hroughout Amercun
Hstory lncude:
- 1he sus und ropes on Chrstopher Coumbus's
shps vere mude rom hemp ber.
- 1homus }eerson used hemp puper to drut the
Decuruton o lndependence.
- 1he rst Lev }euns vere mude rom hemp
ubrc.
- Henry lord but un uutomobe rom hemp.
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