The Environmental Advantages of Growing Hemp

Hemp is a fantastic plant for two main reasons. First, there are almost an unlimited number of applications for hemp, making the plant the most versatile in existence. Second, the plant grows in such huge quantities that you have enough of it to supply all those uses, and it is very good for the environment while it is growing.

This is because hemp takes huge amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air in order to fuel its growth, and since carbon dioxide is one of the major greenhouse gases, growing hemp helps reverse global warming. The roots of hemp deposit CO2 in the soil, aerate it, and revitalize it, which is the opposite of what most plants do, which is drain the soil.

Also, when hemp is converted in to products, the process of doing so is characteristically “green”. For example, when making traditional paper from trees, it is necessary that many harmful and destructive chemicals be used. However, you do not need these chemicals with hemp, and this is the case with many other products as well.