BY EMILY GRAY
An airplane made out of hemp?
Hemp is one of the oldest domesticated crops in human history. For thousands of years it was used to make paper, textiles and other materials. These days, industrial hemp is grown as a renewable source for raw materials that can be used to make thousands of different products.
Gallery: 10 things you won’t believe are made from hemp
‘The greenest car in the world’ is bright red and made out of hemp
WRITTEN BY EMILY GRAY BROSIOUS POSTED: 10/12/2015, 02:51PM
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Are cannabis cars the way of the future?
The maker of this bright red Mazda Miata lookalike car says it’s the “greenest car in the world,” but what makes it so green?
The body of this car is pure hemp, made from the cannabis plant. The hemp fibers have been woven, put in a mold, hardened with resin and covered with paint, according toThe Denver Post.
Additionally, this little sports car can run on biobutanol — a fuel made of agricultural scraps.
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Designer Bruce Dietzen hopes to extend industrial hemp to the floorboards and other parts of the chassis and put his cannabis car on the market next year at a starting price of about $42,000.
Dietzen, founder of Renew Sports Cars, manufactures his hemp cars in Key West, Florida. He’s currently on a nationwide tour, bringing the Hemp Sports Car to shows and festivals across the country, according to Reset.me.
Dietzen hopes to make fully carbon neutral cars by 2025.
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“The key to saving our environment lies in making everything we need from what grows above the soil, not what’s buried beneath. The Hemp Sports Car is, perhaps, the most iconic example of this maxim that exists today,” he says. “By taking the Renew Sports Car on tour across the country, we will help raise awareness to the fact that we should be making everything we possibly can from carbon negative cannabis hemp.”
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Hemp-based cars aren’t a new concept
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Watch: Ford’s hemp-powered-hemp-made car
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5 reasons you should be eating hemp seeds
WRITTEN BY EMILY GRAY BROSIOUS POSTED: 09/19/2015, 03:15PM
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Hemp is an amazing plant. Aside from the many uses of its fiber — which can be used to make thousands of products from paper to clothing to home insulation and more — hemp seeds are incredibly nutritious, and no, they won’t get you high.
Here are the top five reasons you should be eating hemp seeds as part of your balanced diet.
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1. Protein
More than 25 percent of hemp seeds’ total calories are from high-quality protein. This is quite a bit more than the protein profile of similar foods like chia seeds and flaxseeds, which provide about 16 to 18 percent protein.
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2. Fiber
Hemp seeds are a good source of fiber, an important aspect of a healthy diet that can lower blood sugar, cut cholesterol and even prevent colon cancer, according to Health.com.
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3. Magnesium
Hemp seeds are also high in magnesium, a mineral that can help with relaxation, blood sugar control, blood pressure and potentially osteoporosis, according to Shape.com.
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Hemp seeds are relatively high in fat content, so you’ll want to limit consumption to a tablespoon or two per day. However the fat in hemp seeds comes from a blend of healthy omega-3 and omega-6 fats.
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Nutritionists call omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids “essential” fats for good reason. The human body needs them for many functions, from building healthy cells to maintaining brain and nerve function. Our bodies can’t produce them. The only source is food.These polyunsaturated fats are important for another reason. There’s growing evidence that they help lower the risk of heart disease. Some studies suggest these fats may also protect against type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and age-related brain decline.
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5. Yumminess
Hemp seeds are yummy and versatile. You can sprinkle them on salad, mix in with yogurt, bake into bread, blend into a smoothie or just eat plain.
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Hemp homes are a growing trend
WRITTEN BY EMILY GRAY BROSIOUS POSTED: 09/10/2015, 10:56AM
Hemp is an ancient plant, one of the oldest known crops in human history. However the non-psychoactive cannabis cousin of marijuana has been banned in the United States for the better part of the last century.
Times are changing for hemp in the U.S. though. The 2014 farm bill permits limited growing of hemp, and with influential bipartisan supporters including GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, more and more farmers are planting hemp crops, according to a National Geographic report.
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The Declaration of Independence was drafted on paper made from it. Henry Ford built car parts with it. George Washington grew it. Now, as more farmers are allowed to harvest this multi-purpose plant, hemp might see a new heyday—in homes.
Will hemp homes see their heyday?
Homes constructed with hempcrete are becoming more and more common as marijuana laws have begun changing in the United States, according to National Geographic.
Advocates claim the hemp-based building material is mold-resistant, flame-resistant, pest-free, breathable, non-toxic and eco-friendly.
The rise of hemp housing also reflects an increasing effort to make U.S. homes more energy efficient and healthier for people living inside them, as reported by USA Today.
“There is a growing interest in less toxic building materials, says Peter Ashley, director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to USA Today.“The potential health benefits are significant,” he says, citing a recent study of a Seattle public housing complex that saw residents’ health improve after their homes got a green makeover.
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Watch: This Florida home is made from Hemp
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Oregon hemp program suspended amid growing conflict
WRITTEN BY EMILY GRAY BROSIOUS POSTED: 08/25/2015, 03:11PM
Oregon hemp and marijuana crops aren’t playing nice
The Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that it won’t issue any more licenses for industrial hemp, effective immediately, as reported by The Oregonian.
People who already have industrial hemp licenses in the state will not be affected however.
The agency cited “lack of clarity” and “policy concerns that have become apparent” for the decision to suspend the state’s hemp program in its first year
The program has become a source of controversy among cannabis growers, particularly in southern Oregon, “a region renowned for marijuana production,” according toThe Oregonian.
Marijuana growers are worried hemp pollen from outdoor farms will contaminate their unpollinated female cannabis flowers (sinsemilla) and lead to low-quality, seedy marijuana harvests.
Officials said the current law needs to be reworked so hemp and marijuana can coexist before the program will be instates and that isn’t likely to happen until after the 2016 legislative session, according to Bend Bulletin.
Not familiar with the differences between hemp and marijuana? Here’s a very brief refresher:
Hemp is cannabis that is bred with very low THC levels and used primarily for its fibers. In contrast, marijuana is cannabis that is grown with high levels of THC and used primarily for its psychoactive and medicinal properties, according to Hempethics.com.
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Hemp is related to marijuana, but contains very low levels of the compound known as THC, which gets people high. It has a long history as an agricultural crop, but was outlawed along with marijuana in 1937.
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