hemp processing
karenm@vt.edu
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:09:41 -0400
Hemp keeps coming up as a panacea for tobacco producers. I realize it is
illegal in the US, but special permits can be obtained to produce it--at
least that is what I understood from my search. The question is why aren't
more people looking at hemp production?
Does anyone have any information on processing hemp into cloth and paper? I
have been told the processing is environmentally unfriendly because of the
chemicals required to breakdown the cells, especially when dealing with
cloth production. How was it processed historically--I'm told that was very
labor intensive. All this is hearsay, not references to processing, either
now or historically.
Thanks for any information you can provide, especially on the production
end.
Karen Mundy
Communications Coordinator
Rural Economic Analysis Program
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (0401)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-9443
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