US: Hemp most viable cash crop, says EnviroTextiles
16/11/2012
The company stated: “Hemp requires very little water and no pesticides and herbicides. With drought conditions in the state, hemp is the most viable cash crop to plant under these conditions. One acre of hemp can provide the same amount of fibre as four acres of cotton.”
While hemp cultivation has been outlawed in the US, manufacturers of hemp products in the US have been thriving in recent years. Sports apparel, swimwear and underwear companies that are widely using hemp include Jita Wear, EcobodyWear and No Enemy.
EnviroTextiles continued: “Given the difficulty of importing raw hemp for manufacturing, our farmers already have immediate demand for their new crops in existing and expanding domestic markets. Simply put, farming industrial hemp will provide the US with manufacturing jobs, expand green initiatives and provide our struggling agriculture industry with a cash crop that can be grown across the country.”
Colorado-based EnviroTextiles has overseen hemp cultivation and textile manufacturing in Romania, China, South Korea, Hungary and Poland over the past 22 years.
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