Why This Plant Could Save the World
Hiya! Hope your week has been going well! Below you’ll find three links, three quotes, and my most recent video. Enjoy!
Three Quotes:
“One of my concerns is that I want not to treat the plant like a slave. The plant needs to be able to reproduce and it has a right to reproduce. When you have fiber hemp, perennializing it means you are less impactful on the soil and you can sequester more carbon by leaving it in the ground longer.”
— Winona LaDuke
“Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?”
— Henry Ford
“Since 1937, about half the forests in the world have been cut down to make paper. If hemp had not been outlawed, most would still be standing, oxygenating the planet.”
— Alan Block
Three Links:
Misunderstood | A Brief History of Hemp in the US (Patagonia via YouTube)
Tribal Hemp Initiative (Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute)
Slavery in the Hemp Industry - History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky (Drug Library)
Hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Charlie