The short video Hemp
for Victory was made during World War II to encourage American farmers to
grow hemp for the war effort. During this time many of the fibers we used came
from other countries, and they were short in supply. The video goes through the
steps of creating hemp fibers to make things such as thread and ropes. I think
that hemp should still be used regularly today, and as the video mentions Kentucky provides the
perfect soil for the crop to flourish. Is it is not hard to maintain and
creates rich soil for the next crop to be planted in.
If we were
to move to mainly hemp fibers grown within America we could continue to
stimulate our economy. As it stands right now hemp products are very expensive
because farmers do not subsidies for growing it. If the farmers were able to
have the government back them up on growing hemp it could easily become one of
the cheaper products to produce and buy, thus creating more stimulation in our
economy. Plus if the hemp is grown within our country by American farmers the
money stays here in America .
There are many uses for hemp, many
of them more environmentally friendly than our current solutions. Houses are
now being built with hemp, hemp plants can lift heavy metals from polluted
soil. Hemp paper is stronger and also does not require us to cut down as many
trees and wait for more to grow. And hemp
biomass fuel produces no sulphur and can be effectively used as a relatively
clean power source due to its 95% fuel to feed ratio. I think because
the government has such a bad taste in their mouth from hemp being associated
with “smoking weed” they have a hard time giving money to farmers that do
produce it. If they even just gave it a chance I think they would easily
realize that hemp would become a large cash crop for America .
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