Fish nets, bow strings, canvas, strong rope, overalls, damask tablecloths, fine linen garments, towels, bed linen and thousands of other everyday items can be grown on American farms.

A look at American hemp harvesting and rope making during World War II. See hemp retting, cordage production, and naval applications in this 1942 film.

Despite its impressive features and long lifespan, synthetic hemp rope is typically very affordable. At RopesDirect, for example, premium synthetic hemp is currently priced at just 30p per metre, with ...

Moreover, we are assured the cost is 25 per cent in favor of wire rope over hemp, estimating weight and saving. Again, wire-rigging is much less susceptible of atmospheric changes, ...

Chopping cherry trees is not the only horticultural myth surrounding our most famous Founding Father — slacker culture has long reveled in the tenuous link between George Washington and marijuana.

Many Minnesota farms once boasted hemp acreage, from which can be made rope, twine and fabric. Hemp also can produce CBD oil, which is a growing trend for health, including massage oils, and which ...

Hemp harvest at Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Starting in the 1990s, people would occasionally get change only to find a dollar bill that had been stamped with a speech bubble making George Washington ...