Industry-Leading Hemp Resources

But it is not as a narcotic and excitant that the hemp plant is most useful to mankind; it is an advancer rather than a retarder of civilization, that its utility is made most manifest. Its great value as a textile material, particularly for cordage and canvas, has made it eminently useful; we might with justice call it the ‘accelerator of commerce’ and the ‘spreader of wealth and intellect.’ For ages man has been dependent upon hempen cordage and hempen sails for enabling his ships to cross the seas. There is one other useful quality in the hemp plant; it produces an abundance of seed, which not only yields a valuable oil, but the seed is extensively used in feeding singing birds. ~ The Encyclopedia Britannica, VIII Edition