It’s possible to grow hemp organically on most of the world’s farmland. There are many varieties that can be selected for their various characteristics – high oil content or fibres of particular lengths – with seed banks holding over 100 strains of industrial hemp.
A rapidly growing plant, hemp chokes out other weeds, has a strong resistance to most pests and so can be grown with other legume crops, maturing in just 8-12 weeks fulfilling it nitrogen requirements.
With a long tap root able to reach water, bind and aerate the soil where other plants can’t, hemp crops can be used to reclaim land in areas prone to drought ( e.g. African Sahara) or flooding.
Once harvested the crop has a high yield of cellulose, edible proteins, oils and fibres with over 50,000 different product applications across a whole array of industries.
