Source: cbdamericanshaman.com
As it was in the times of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Industrial Hemp, is starting to be cultivated and harvested in America once again.
Once failing communities and towns, are finding new life and new revenue, in farms beginning in their regions. Industrial Hemp farms are popping up all across the Country, and business is booming!
One such place, is Carlisle County in Kentucky. There, unlike in situations in Indiana and Idaho on which we have reported recently, the local government understands the potential benefit from growing and harvesting Industrial Hemp. Not just in regards to health, but also in helping the County.
CARLISLE COUNTY, KY-(WPSDLocal6)- Plans have been made to build a plant to commercially process pharmaceutical grade Cannabidiol (CBD) isolate.
Kings Royal Biotech of Kentucky partnered with an industrial hemp development company from China to build the facility.
Organizers say the plant will process CBD isolate, which is a powder made from hemp. Advocates say CBD, whether in isolate or oil form, can help with medical ailments without getting the user high.
Kings Royal has contracted with farmers in Carlisle and Hickman counties to grow 2,300 acres of hemp. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture also issued the permits for the farming and processing.
Hemp will be harvested this fall and the first round of CBD isolate will be produced in late 2018. (Read More)
There are advocates against the growing of Hemp and production of CBD that say there is no viability in growing Industrial Hemp, and that it goes against what this country stands for. If that is the case, then why did George Washington grow it? Yes, he ACTUALLY did.
Throughout his lifetime, George Washington cultivated hemp at Mount Vernon for industrial uses. The fibers from hemp held excellent properties for the making of rope and sail canvas, which was a major need in the age of the sailing ship. In addition, hemp fibers could be spun into thread for clothing or, as indicated in Mount Vernon records, for use in repairing the large seine fishing nets that Washington used in his fishing operation along the Potomac.
At one point in the 1760’s Washington considered whether hemp would be a more lucrative cash crop than tobacco but determined that wheat would be a better alternative. During the period when he was considering hemp, he wrote to his agents in England in the hope of determining the costs involved in production and shipping according to MountVernon.org.
“Hemp, Canabis sativa, a plant originally from central Asia, was cultivated with, and sometimes in place of flax, because its stem fibers are similar to those of flax.
By the seventeenth century, Russia, Latvia, and other countries around the Baltic Sea were the major producers of hemp, and it was from this area that Britain obtained its supply, a situation which left the English vulnerable during periods of military hostilities.
- Hemp made into rope was vital to navies worldwide.
- Hemp was also used to make a coarse linen cloth as well as sacking, and other rough materials.
- The oil extra of hemp seeds, like those of flax, were used in paints, varnishes, and soaps.
Although George Washington’s initial interest in hemp was to determine if it could be a viable cash crop, he proceeded to cultivate it just to meet the needs of his own plantation. Hemp was used at Mount Vernon for rope, thread for sewing sacks, canvas, and for repairing the seine nets used at the fisheries.
Washington’s diaries and farm reports indicate that hemp was cultivated at all his 5 farms, (Mansion House, River Farm, Dogue Run Farm, Muddy Hole Farm & Union Farm.) In February 1794, Washington wrote to his farm manager, William Pearce, “…I am very glad to hear that the Gardener has saved so much of the St Foin seed, and that of the India Hemp…Let the ground be well prepared and the Seed (St. Foin) be sown in April. The Hemp may be sown anywhere.” (Read More)
Raising property values, creating jobs, increasing spent revenue in communities.... apparently some absent minded politicians feel that these are bad things.
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