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For information on the benefits of hemp – its botanical proprieties, its nutritional value and why it's so good for the planet – we suggest you visit the following resources:
Hemp Industries Association – FAQs, Facts & History
Vote Hemp – Overview, Downloads & Legislation
Hempology.org – Historical articles and images.
You can also follow these links to some of our favorite reads:
America's Harried Hemp History
By John Dvorak
Hemp Historian and Curator of Hempology.org
Hemphasis Magazine
Histories of Hemp
By David West, PhD
A review of James Hopkins' History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky
Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material
By Lyster H. Dewey and Jason L. Merrill
United States Department of Agriculture
Bulletin No. 404
October 14, 1916, 24 pages
(HTML)
HEMP
By Lyster H. Dewey
From the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture - 1913
Government Printing Office, 1914
72 pages
(PDF file 2.6MB)
HEMP
Farmers' Bulletin No. 1935
United States Department of Agriculture
April 1952, 16 pages
(PDF file 5.6MB)
New Billion-Dollar Crop
Popular Mechanics Magazine
February 1938
(HTML)
Fiber Wars: The Extinction of Kentucky Hemp
By David West, PhD
The Market for Hemp Products
Vote Hemp - YouTube
Interviews with companies and ND state officials talking about the growing market for industrial hemp products.
The Controversial Crop
Controversial Crop is the story of the quest to re-establish industrial hemp farming in the United States. Told from an agricultural perspective, the show has profiles of prospective farmers, agricultural experts, researchers, processors, and retailers as well as clear information about the crop. From Episode 315 of America's Heartland, a production of KVIE TV-6 in Sacramento, California.
Hemp –The Environmentally Sustainable Alternative (Part 1)
hempworkerscoop - YouTube
Hemp For Victory
Archive.org - Fixed Version
Standing Silent Nation
A full-length documentary about the struggle of the Lakota Sioux to grow industrial hemp.
Also available from Vote Hemp for a donation.
Hemp and The Rule of Law
"It's an incredible DVD! Every member of Congress should see this video. If you watch it and don't think that hemp farming should be legalized then you weren't paying attention. It's so good that I would show it to my grandfather without any reservation." Tom Murphy, Vote Hemp
Also available from Vote Hemp for a donation.
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