When colonists from Europe came to newly discovered America, they were required by their kings to grow hemp. The hemp was making sails and ropes for their ships. That is just one of the many uses hemp could provide us. While hemp has been replaced as most versatile crop by cotton some years ago in this country, it is still grown in some areas of the world. While many blindly argue that growing hemp means …showed first 75 words of 716 total…

…showed last 75 words of 716 total…hemp, it takes just 1 pound of fiber to make a pair of pants. Hemp textiles are much like linen in texture. However, they are as strong as canvass (canvass is actually rooted from “cannabis”). Also, hemp textiles protect against harmful UV rays from the sun. Because of low lignin content, hemp fibers can be pulped using less chemicals. Also, its natural brightness displaces need to use chlorine bleach, another chemical to get into local ecosystems.