Industrial hemp's double dividend: a study for the USA

Industrial hemp or eucalyptus paper?

“…All of these have implications for the whole productivity of eucalyptus trees and therefore influence the woodland area required for eucalyptus. In spite of these assumptions, our results seem to be qualitatively coherent with the literature, where trees are generally presented with higher land efficiency than crops (for example, Alden et al 1998).…”

“…The use of thermo-mechanical or bio-pulping processes rather than Kraft pulp reduces the amount of fiber needed (Alden et al 1998;das Tapas and Houtman 2004). Reducing fiber needs reduces the amount of fertilizer produced and used and the length of mechanical operations…”

“…This would reduce transport costs and impacts or the need for storage facilities (Alden et al 1998) Produce organic hemp, reducing fertilizer inputs (Cherrett et al 2005;van der Werf et al 2005) Use cleaner energy sources such as agriculture wastes as biomass (Harris et al 2008), natural gas, photovoltaic, wind, or hydroelectricity Reduce tillage (e.g., through direct drilling), reducing the amount of mechanical operations required and soil erosion (van der Werf et al 2005) Use higher efficiency gas and water treatment facilities Combine hemp with a winter crop, reducing the amount of fertilizer needs (Stevenson and Cole 1999) and maximizing area use efficiency Use of high efficiency energy technologies and combined cycles…”

Hempseed protein derived antioxidative peptides: Purification, identification and protection from hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells

“…Its cultivation has been prohibited in many countries, due to the presence of the phytochemical drug component delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (Oomah, Busson, Godfrey, & Drover, 2002). Presently, non-drug varieties of C. sativa L., containing less THC than common hemp, are important agricultural commodities in Canada (Callaway, 2004;Oomah et al, 2002), USA (Alden, Proops, & Gay, 1998) and China (Tang, Ten, Wang, & Yang, 2006).…”

E.V.T.: A Comparison of the Relative Environmental Impact of Electronic and Traditional Methods of Publication

“…Hemp grows hundreds of times faster than wood, requires a fourth of the land, does not require toxic bleaching agents and requires significantly fewer chemicals and energy to produce. 10 Another common practice that greatly affects the environmental impact of print publishers involves the number of copies of a given title that are sent to bookstores -particularly large chain bookstores such as Barnes and Noble. Book publishers send far more copies to bookstores than they ever expect to sell.…”