Did you know that hemp has over 25,000 uses? From food, paints and fuels, to clothing and building materials, hemp is used everywhere. Traces of hemp can be found even in Lipton tea bags and in car parts manufactured nowadays.

The earliest evidence of its use is a piece of hemp fabric, discovered in Mesopotamia, and dating over 10,000 years back. The oldest paper comes from China, dating from two millennia ago, and it is made of hemp fiber. Even the Pharaohs used hemp in the construction of the great pyramids.

Its seeds are used for producing beer, oil used in the paint industry, cosmetic oil or edible oil. The wooden part, which remains after the primary processing, can be used to make paper, to extract the sugar from it, to obtain prefabricated plates and even a fuel with high calorific power.

Medicinal teas and medicines are made from hemp leaves. Effective CBD cream for pain, often made with hemp based ingredients, has been found helpful to those suffering from arthritis and other painful diseases. Hemp fibers can replace fiberglass in some automotive components. Hemp knitwear is environmentally friendly, reusable and very warm.

Hemp seeds are extremely nutritious. With a concentration of 80% unsaturated fat that our bodies need to be fit, as well as rich in protein and amino acids, hemp is a balanced food source for human nutrition.