Video (9min 22sec): Hemp - Environmentally Sustainable Alternative.

Hemp History 101.

"...In 1935, Henry Ford's desire to unite industry and agriculture would lead to the formation of the Farm Chemurgic Council.

The chemurgic model would use the countries farmers to supply the industrial needs of the 20th century.

The expanded markets would bolster the dismal state of affairs in American farms and ease the emerging problems with petro-chemical pollution.

Ford and the council would find support in the like minded genius of Thomas Edison."

Video (2min 56sec): Introduction to Cannabis Hemp. "Cannabis hemp has been used throughout history to make fabrics, rope and paper. Totally renewable. Easy to propagate and it produces high yields in almost any environment. Cannabis is the only plant that can support the energy needs of our economy."

PeaceBud explains how the political changes in America's past along with the industrial revolution has led us into a historical era of post-industrial Oil Wars.

There are more than 25,000 known uses for hemp. Almost any product that can be made from wood, cotton, or petroleum, including plastics can be made from hemp. Hemp is considered the world's most versatile fiber.

The first drafts of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were printed on hemp paper. Not surprisingly the original Levi Strauss jeans made for the Sierra gold miners were made of hemp sailcloth. Alice in Wonderland was originally printed on hemp paper. Rudolph Diesel designed his namesake engine to run on vegetable oils, including hempseed oil. Hempseed oil once greased machines. Most paint, resins, shellacs, and varnisheswere made out of linseed and hempseed oils. Much of the bird seed sold in the United States has hemp seed in it. Hemp seed contains about 25% protein of which is more easily digestible than soybean protein.

In 1619 Jamestown Colony, Virginia enacted laws ordering farmers to grow hemp. Similar laws were enacted in Massachusetts in 1631, Connecticut in 1632 and the Chesapeake Colonies in the mid-1700's.

Even though the U.S. government encouraged American farmers to grow hemp for WWII and had even accepted it as payment of taxes in Colonial America, it is now prohibited to grow hemp in the United States.

Cannabis hemp was legal tender in most of the Americas from 1631 until the early 1800's. you could even pay your taxes with cannabis hemp. In the mid-to-late 1800's the 2nd & 3rd most commonly used medications were concentrated cannabis extracts and resins (a.k.a. hashish). At one time American companies Eli Lily, Squibb and Park Davis produced cannabis extract medicines but clearly that is no longer the case.