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Hemp in History
Hemp is a bigger part of history than most people realize. Presidents grew it, historians praised it, and industry was built on it.
Hemp 101
About Hemp
Five short lessons from the Hempire classroom.
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Hemp 101
What is hemp? Learn more about the basics of what hemp is.
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Hemp & marijuana
Learn more about the most common misconceptions about hemp and marijuana.
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Common uses
Hemp is a plant with many diverse uses and functions.
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Origins
Hemp is a plant with a long history. Learn more about where it all started.
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Hemp laws
Learn more about how the law treats hemp across the country and world.
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Hemp in History
“Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere.”
George Washington · 1st U.S. President · Hempire ambassador
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Hemp in History
“Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?”
Henry Ford · American captain of industry
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Hemp in History
“In this country a sort of hemp grows, very like to flax; only longer and thicker; and much more excellent than ours, whether sowed or produced by Nature.”
Herodotus · Greek historian
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Hemp in History
“Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country.”
Thomas Jefferson · 3rd U.S. President
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Hemp in History
“Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.”
Abraham Lincoln · 16th U.S. President
Hemp basics
Hemp, in short
What is hemp?
Hemp is Cannabis sativa grown for fiber, seed and flower with no more than 0.3% THC. It is one of the oldest cultivated plants on Earth and the only plant that can feed, clothe and house us.
What’s the difference between hemp and marijuana?
They are the same species, bred for different things. Hemp is grown for fiber, seed and cannabinoids like CBD and contains only trace THC; marijuana is bred for THC. Hempire products are made from hemp fiber and contain no tobacco and no nicotine.
Common uses of hemp
Paper, textiles, rope, building materials (hempcrete), bioplastics, biofuel, food (hemp hearts, hemp milk) and, of course, rolling papers, cones and wraps.
The origins of hemp
Hemp cultivation goes back at least 10,000 years in Asia. It reached Europe by way of the Greeks and Romans and came to North America with the first colonists, where it was so valuable that early Virginia law required farmers to grow it.
Hemp laws
In the United States the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and recognized it as an agricultural commodity. Rules for growing and selling hemp still vary by state and country.
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