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Hemp is used to make cordage of greatly varying tensile strength, clothing, food, and the oils from the seeds can be made into paint or used for cooking. In Europe and China hemp fibers are increasingly used in plasters and composites answering to many construction and manufacturing needs. Mercedes-Benz uses a "biocomposite" principally of hemp in the interior panels of some of its automobiles. Hemp use in the United States is severely depressed by laws supported by governmental drug enforcement bodies, which fear that high T.H.C. plants will be grown amidst the ultra-low T.H.C. plants used for hemp production. Efforts are underway to change these laws, allowing American farmers to compete in the growing markets for this crop. As of 2006, China controls roughly 40% of the world's hemp fiber.[1] Hemp is also used in some organic cereals.edit] Housing70% of the Cannabis plant's total weight is made up of the 'hurd' or woody inner core. This part of the plant does not contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and can be used in housing construction. The silica leached from soil by the plant combined with unslaked lime (calcium oxide) forms a chemical bond similar to cement which is both fire and waterproof.[edit] FoodHemp may be grown also for food (the seed) but in the UK cultivation licences are not available for this purpose. Within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) hemp is treated as purely a non-food crop, despite the fact that seed can and does appear on the UK market as a legal food producIn North America, hemp seed food products are sold in small volume, typically in health food stores or by mail order. The seeds are comparable to sunflower seeds, and can be used for baking, like sesame seeds. Products range from cereals to frozen waffles. A few companies produce value added hemp seed items that include the oils of the seed, whole hemp grain (which is sterilized as per international law), hulled hemp seed (the whole seed without the mineral rich outer shell), hemp flour, hemp cake (a by-product of pressing the seed for oil) and hemp protein powder.edit] Nutrition |
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