Hemp: A Reintroduction To One Of The Original Textile Inputs
December 10, 2020 A Kentucky hemp farm grow room where new hemp plant strains are developed. Educating the consumer to correct misconceptions about hemp will aid growth of the plant in textile applications. By Jim Kaufmann, Contributing Editor Hemp, one of the earliest known textile fibers, has seen heightened interest and a true resurgence since it was formally legalized, or perhaps relegalized, in the United States with the signing of the Farm Bill Act in 2018. The bill effectively removed industrial hemp from inclusion in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The effort to legalize hemp ori...
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