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Hemp fiber has been used extensively throughout history, with production climaxing soon after being introduced to the New World. For centuries, items ranging from rope, to fabrics, to industrial materials were made from hemp fiber.
Spreading harvested hemp in Kentucky, 1898. Hemp in the United States is a legal crop. It was legal in the 18th and 19th centuries, then production was effectively banned in the mid-20th century, and it returned as a legal crop in the 21st century. By 2019, the United States had become the world's third largest producer of hemp, behind China ...
In Western Europe, while the cultivation of hemp was still legal in the 1930s, commercial cultivation had stopped due to decreased demand; hemp could not compete with increasingly popular artificial fibers. [59] In the early 1940s, world production of hemp fiber ranged from 250,000 to 350,000 metric tonnes, with Russia being the leading producer.
Hemp was a significant economic force in the Lexington area, and contributed to the spread of slavery. Kentucky once led the U.S. in this crop, later banned. What to know about the history
Commercial hemp became legal in 2018. The initial boom turned into a bust, but many believe fiber hemp has a future in Tennessee. What to know about hemp, its history and connections to Tennessee
19th century Kentucky hemp field Soldiers in a Kentucky warehouse guarding seed for the 1943 hemp crop. In the 18th century, John Filson wrote in Kentucke and the Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone (an appendix of his 1784 work The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke) of the quality of Kentucky's land and climate for hemp production. [1]
Production of hemp became legal in the United State under the 2018 Farm Bill, which allowed the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) to start making rules and regulations for commercial ...
It also is a useful source of foodstuffs (hemp milk, hemp seed, hemp oil) and biofuels. Hemp has been used by many civilizations, from China to Europe (and later North America) during the last 12,000 years. [121] [122] In modern times novel applications and improvements have been explored with modest commercial success. [123] [124]