If there was ever a time to make the most of American
hemp, our newest cash crop, the time is now. The blueprint is here;
you’re reading it.—Governor Jesse VenturaDecember of 2018
marked a largely unprecedented victory for cannabis. The 2018 Farm Bill
passed and with it hemp became legal. What the federal government listed
for decades as a schedule 1 narcotic was finally classified as an
agricultural crop, giving great promise to the rise of a new American
hemp industry.
Filled with catchall research,
American Hemp
examines what this new domestic crop can be used for, what makes it a
superior product, and what made it illegal in the first place; the book
also delves into the many health and medical benefits of the plant.
Hobbs weighs in on how hemp can improve existing industries, from
farming to energy to 3D printing, plus how it can make a serious impact
on climate change by removing toxins from the soil and by decreasing our
dependence on plastics and fossil fuels. The table of contents
includes:
- CHAPTER 1: How to Identify Hemp
- CHAPTER 2: History of Hemp
- CHAPTER 3: Hemp as a Wartime Crop
- CHAPTER 4: The Return of American Hemp
- CHAPTER 5: Hemp Disrupts American Farming
- CHAPTER 6: Hemp Health and Nutrition
- CHAPTER 7: Hemp-CBD: A Super Medication
- CHAPTER 8: Hemp Cures Poisoned Land
- CHAPTER 9: The EPA Is Not Your Friend
- CHAPTER 10: Clean Up with Hemp
- CHAPTER 11: Building with Hemp
- CHAPTER 12: Our Future with Hemp
American Hemp
lays out where we are as a nation on expanding this entirely new (yet
ancient) domestic industry while optimistically reasoning that by sowing
hemp, we can grow a better future and save the planet in the process.
