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Environment & Energy

Jilly_in_VA

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6. As the article pointed out

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:40 PM

Apr 16

hemp can't be planted in the same field every year; it must be rotated. Still, it is a fine crop and not hard to grow. George Washington grew it, why not our indigenous brothers and sisters? It's good for a lot of things, including making cloth.

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'A roof over our people's heads': the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes [View all] Jilly_in_VA Apr 16 OP

More power to the trible. riversedge Apr 16 #1

Hemp is also good for the soil Sanity Claws Apr 16 #2

As the article pointed out Jilly_in_VA Apr 16 #6

Very interesting! people Apr 16 #3

This is exciting. pandr32 Apr 16 #4

A strong, renewable, insulative material with low processing costs bucolic_frolic Apr 16 #5

Hemp for Victory! Caribbeans Apr 16 #7