Hemp in History

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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

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  

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

Hemp In History

”Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country.”

Thomas Jefferson / 3rd U.S. President

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