Properly grown, with a relatively short growth cycle of 120 days, hemp is an efficient and economical crop for farmers to produce.

Unlike many crops, hemp can be grown in most locations and climates with only moderate water and fertilizer requirements. Where hemp is grown, it has become a valuable and environmentally friendly crop.

The following materials can be made from hemp: paper, textiles, various building materials, food, medicine, paint, detergent, varnish, oil, ink, and fuel. 

Hemp could certainly claim to have played a part in forming the British Empire as the sails and ropes, on which the sailors relied on our warships and merchant vessels were all made from hemp.

Many of our towns and villages formed the centres of the hemp trade and retain 'hemp' in their names today!

For example - Hemel Hempstead.

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