Advantages Of Supporting Industrial Hemp Pilot Program

By Aimee Schwartz


Plants are not illegal materials. They are to be grown with love as they can be of help to people and the environment. However, their uses must be monitored appropriately since there are plants that can be used to create illegal substances such as marijuana. The plants should never be used in making these harmful substances.

A perfect example of that would be the cannabis plant. The cannabis plant, when grown to help the economy, is not a bad thing. In fact, there is now a movement for this plant to be grown for the sake of helping the economy progress further. Such movement is jumpstarted with the industrial hemp Pennsylvania pilot program. Here are the benefits you can enjoy when you support this movement.

First, you can count on this plan to produce clothing. Clothing is one of the essentials of life. Through the said plant, you can get a quality raw material that can be used to create textiles. Even in the past, the said raw material has been used by people to create the textiles where durable clothing were derived from.

Food and beverages can be derived from the said plant as well. For the food, there are many food and dietary supplements that can be created from the edible and nutritious oil of the said plant, specifically the seed. It is also possible to use the plant to ferment wine, distill alcoholic beverages, and brew beer.

Just like any other plant, you can create paper out of this. Since time immemorial, the said plant can be processed to create paper. It is a quickly renewable as well as sustainable source of pulp, which is the main component of paper. If this is created from this plant, then there is no need to rely on expensive wood pulps.

Building supplies. You might find it an eye-opener for you to know that this particular plant can also provide building supplies. The building supplies that you can get from this particular plant varies and are very durable as well. Examples of those building supplies would be materials made for insulation, fiberboards, and pressboards.

Plastics are also possible uses for this plant. It is possible for you to treat the said plant as a viable feedstock for the production of plastic. You can even find the plastic made from the said plant to be more durable than any other types. You can use it for the body of the car or for simple uses such as DVD cases and CD cases.

Biodiesel. The oil of the seed of this particular plant can give more than just the raw material for food and beverages. If you can process it properly, then you can turn this into biodiesel, just like any other existing vegetable oil these days. You can rely on current solid technologies for that process.

You can enjoy chemical cleanup with this plant as well. It has been considered intriguing for this plant to help in cleaning up soil contamination. The said plant has potential in cleaning up those lands contaminated by sewage sludge, fly ash, and heavy metals.




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