How many uses for hemp?

Piggybacking off of Hempmaster, there are over 25,000 different uses for hemp, which is pretty mind-boggling…. It can be used to produce nearly all of the things we use on a regular basis–fuel, concrete, plastic, rope, cloth, and Henry Ford even used it to create a car–the metal was something like ten times stronger than steel! Aside from industrial applications, it is also effective for a plethora of medical issues when applied topically, or ingested, and it is also a nutrient-dense superfood which provides the perfect ratio of fatty acids.

What I find to be even more remarkable than the crazy amount of uses, is the punch it packs, cultivation-wise. One acre of hemp can produce the same amount of cellulose as four acres of trees. Not only is the cellulose content higher, but hemp requires less chemical processing than trees do to separate the non-cellulose portions… The chemicals used in this process is a large part of the reason that paper mills are within the top three causes of toxic pollution and energy consumption! With proper timing and environmental conditions, more than one crop may be grown annually, which gives hemp a huge advantage over trees which take decades to reach maturity. Further more, the footprint left by hemp cultivation is negligible–no more traumatic than your garden, opposed to the scarred landscapes and impact on water sources created by logging.