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Richard Evans is on a mission to save the world with hemp.
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Richard says hemp is "renewable, sustainable and clean" and can be used to "create foods, proteins, fibres and medicines".If that wasn't enough, Richard also says the plant would be useful for decontaminating soil, storing carbon and could even be a contender to replace the oil industry.
The diverse potential of hemp is why Mirreco created its specialised machine—a world-first invention capable of processing hemp in a new way.
"I realised a few years ago that the bottleneck in the global hemp industry is processing," says Richard.
The machine allows for processing at farms, with rapid conversion into numerous materials that can be used for many purposes.
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin saved cotton farming in the American South. Perhaps Mirreco's machine could do the same for hemp?
(Score: 5, Informative) by dry on Saturday April 13 2019, @05:02AM
Hemp seed also contains all the proteins needed by people as well as all the essential oils. With some greens, you could live a long time on a hemp seed diet.
Hemp oil was also heavily used in industry, the paint industry by itself used a shit ton.
What killed it was when someone invented a machine to separate the fibers and started making cheap high quality paper. Hearst had just heavily invested in pulp paper and between having his son-in-law in government and a huge publishing empire to put out fake news, he removed the competition and made the government that more powerful.