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posted by martyb on Friday April 12 2019, @10:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-do-you-make-gin-from-hemp? dept.

Phys.org:

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?


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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday April 13 2019, @03:06PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Saturday April 13 2019, @03:06PM (#828977)

    *Cause* of the reefer madness, along with undermining the anti-war effort.

    The lumber and pharmaceutical industries were happy to help shut down an extremely cost-effective competitor. Not that hemp makes good lumber - but lumber would be a lot less profitable without being able to cash in on the byproducts like paper.

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