Oh, I hope you vote out all the asshats that are mucking up the process! And the animal raising on the rest of the plant is very smart. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 90s, may have mentioned that before, and it grew there like the weed it is. We'd gather it in bedsheets and it was used for everything.
They are!
. I have no idea what goes in to making hemp fabrics etc. but I hope it is not like the bamboo industry which is heavy with chemicals for processing
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