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Posted by Joe Cimoch [68.116.181.98] on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 10:50:17 :
In Reply to: coulda woulda shoulda posted by clueless [201.202.25.26] on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 10:40:28 :
Can you not grow hemp in the USA? I remember reading about hemp being a great fiber for clothing. A quick search shows a lot of places selling hemp clothing.
Hemp Facts
* Twenty-six times stronger than cotton.
* More abrasion resistant than any other natural fabric, including denim.
* Breathes as well as linen and better than cotton.
* As effective an insulator as wool.
* The easiest of the natural fabrics to care for and clean.
* Hemp grows well without herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides.
* The hemp industry dates back more than 10,000 years. The Columbia History of the World claims that the oldest artifact of human industry is a scrap of hemp fabric from around 8,000 BC.
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