Benefits Of Supporting The Industrial Hemp Pilot Program

By Aimee Schwartz


It is not illegal to grow plants. Plants are good for people as well as the environment. They only become detrimental when products that are harmful to everyone are derived from them. Examples of those products that should be prevented from being processed from these plants would be illegal drugs.

An example of a plant that can produce illegal drugs would be cannabis. However, the said plant in itself is not entirely a bad thing. If it is grown to help with the economy, then it has its many uses to boast of. You can count on the industrial hemp Pennsylvania pilot program to prove these uses. Here are some of those uses you can get out of the plant.

First, there is clothing. The hemps are good raw materials to use for textile. Even in the past, this given raw material has been found to be one of the basic materials used in making clothes. You may count on this raw material to give you the advantage of durability when it comes to the clothes.

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.

Paper. Just like with other trees, it should be possible for you to get paper from this particular plant. This can also produce the pulp you need to make paper. With this quickly renewable source of pulp, you do not have to bend your back to purchase wood pulp for making paper. This particular plant is easily sustainable as well.

You can get building supplies from the said plant too. While paper and clothing are uses that you might have expected from this plant, it is definitely an eye-opener to learn that this plant can give good building materials. It can be used for insulation as well as engineered building products like pressboard and fiberboard.

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.

Through the oil derived from the seed of the plant, yo can then process it and turn it into biodiesel. It should be possible for you to do that, just like other vegetable oil. You can make use of the existing technologies these days to turn the oil into the biodiesel that you need.

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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