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HEMPGARDEN INFO & LINKS Long in the telling. We want to hold the whole sky, Hemp ( botanical name Cannabis Sativa ) information sites are plentiful. We have put a selection of the better ones at the end, here’s how we see it: HEALTH & HABITAT Cannabis without the psycho-active ingredient: An agricultural, industrial crop, grown since time immemorial. (Although documentation of it’s use dates back as far as the 28th century BC.) Hemp is the longest, strongest, natural fibre known to mankind (this means it can be recycled many times and is very durable). It will grow anywhere, without fertilisers or pesticides - naturally improving the soil quality and integrity. As one of our oldest and most versatile plants, it is attributed with many properties. Hemp was a vital ingredient for the natural apothecaries of the middle ages - it was grown in hospital gardens, and was used by healers such as Hildegard von Bingen (12th century) and the father of natural medicines, Paracelus (16th century) In the UK, there is evidence that hemp was grown from at least 800AD to the 19th century - details of crops were entered into parish records and fragments of hemp material have been found dating back a thousand years. Think of Hemel Hempsted, Hempton, Hemp Hill… There are over 25,000 thousand known uses for the plant - ranging from paper to textiles through to plastics, foods and fuels. A few examples of how hemp works in relation to other things: Today, hemp could provide four times the paper yield per acre without requiring the toxic chemicals currently used in the tree to paper process. This paper could also be recycled around 6 times (as opposed to tree paper with it’s short fibres). Hemp fabric is around 7/10 times stronger than cotton and gets softer and stronger as it gets older. Another advantage is that it is not water or chemical thirsty in the same way that cotton is - which currently accounts for 3% of the worlds arable land, 25% of the worlds pesticides and 7% of it’s fertilisers. It is thought to be UVB protective. Due to it’s high cellulose content, hemp is an excellent crop from which to make ethanol and methanol fuels. Through a more complete combustion of hydrocarbons, they provide higher octane than petrol with less carbon monoxide…so, a clean burning fuel that cleans your engine whilst it works. In our experience, we have found that the hemp version of anything is usually superior to it’s synthetic counterpart. It is certainly more environmentally sound. Our philosophy is that development must be sustainable as the Earth’s natural resources fulfil even our basic needs: There can be no lasting development if we rob from the future to pay our bills and it really is about time we ‘got a grip’. We think it’s pretty cool that by looking after yourself - you’re also a part of the solution. ENJOY! LINKS: HEMP Portal to the Hemp Community Hemp: Nature’s Forgotten Nutraceutical Voiceyourself Author of The Emperor Wears
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HEMP GARDEN AFFILIATE WEBSITES The Clothes Agency Sheer Luxe Fiona McKenzie - Life of Health HEMP CLOTHING The Hemp Trading Company Enamore - creative hemp based clothing The Hemp Store Spellwear SOUND PEOPLE Surfers Against Sewage Womens Environmental Network www.wigwamsam.co.uk Herbs, Hands, Healing www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk Centre for Alternative technology Green Parent Hastings Environment Network www.hastingsenvironment.netEcobtq www.ecobtq.com 
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