Industrial hemp played a valuable role in the 20th century’s movement to use renewable agricultural materials to make industrial products. Today it has the opportunity to do so once again.

In the last century, natural fibers have been replaced by synthetics to a great extent. Unfortunately, its production and disposal contributes to an array of environmental problems.

With the growing decriminalization and legalization of cannabis across the U.S., hemp has the opportunity to knock cotton off its throne and become the fabric of our future.

In an effort to help set the record straight, here is a breakdown of the top 10 misconceptions we hear about hemp.

Cannabis legalization has received a lot of attention lately, but what most people don’t know is that it may have been industrial hemp that triggered prohibition in the first place.

Native American tribes used the buffalo in its entirety, but did you know that hemp is often referred to as the “green buffalo” because all parts of the hemp plant are valuable?

What exactly is hemp, and how is it different from the psychoactive form of cannabis that we consume medicinally and recreationally?