Web Directory

» About Hemp
   Information about the hemp plant, the applications of hemp fibers in the textile industry, and the politics surrounding the issue. Links to a hemp timeline and fact sheet, a history of use, and books. From Hemp Sisters, Inc.
   http://www.hemp-sisters.com/Information/about.htm

» Fiber Wars
   On-line book telling the tale of hemp fiber in the competition for markets, capturing all the significant cross currents of the Industrial Age. Extensive footnotes. Author: David P. West, Ph.D.
   http://www.gametec.com/hemp/fiberwars/index.html

» Harvesting, Retting and Fiber Separation
   Summary of a feasibility study on industrial hemp production in the US Pacific Northwest, dealing with current information and research on hemp harvesting, retting and fiber separation when the crop is grown for fiber. From the US Department of Agricultur
   http://www.globalhemp.com/Archives/Government_Research/USDA/ages001Ee.pdf

» Hemp Symposia Proceedings
   From the Canadian Department of Agriculture. Proceedings of a 1998 symposium on the history, cultivation, processing, characteristics and applications of hemp fiber.
   http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex126

» Hemp: Specialty Crop for the Paper Industry
   In 1994 a four year research program to evaluate the feasibility of the cultivation of hemp (Cannabis sativa L., Cannabinaceae) as a raw material source for the paper industry was finalized. Three aspects, primary production, pulp processing, and paper pr
   http://www.globalhemp.com/Archives/Academic_Research/specialty_crop_paper.html

» Hempology
   Searchable database of articles and images concerning the history, cultivation, growing, development, products and uses of industrial hemp fiber.
   http://hempology.org/

» Industrial Hemp Farming - History and Practice
   Extensive article about the history and cultivation of North American industrial hemp.
   http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/indust/INDHMPFR.HTM

» Industrial Hemp and its Potential for New Zealand
   Detailed report for the 1999 Kellogg Rural Leadership Course, providing background information on industrial hemp and the political, legal, economic, social and environmental issues surrounding it, to farmers, fiber processors and New Zealand government b
   http://www.merfield.com/research/hemp/hemp.pdf

» New Processing Strategies For Hemp
   Extensive article about the novel technology of steam explosion to transform raw hemp fiber into a material which' texture and properties are comparable with or superior to cotton and cottonized hemp, including an analysis of related economic and environm
   http://www.hempfood.com/Iha/iha02101.html

» Objective Basis for Evaluation of Differences in Fibre Quality
   Analysis of the differences in quality and characteristics between male, female and monoecious hemp fiber plants. From Hempfood.Com. Authors: E. Horkay and J. Bucsa.
   http://www.hempfood.com/IHA/iha03210.html

» Prospect of Hemp Utilisation in the European Textile Industry
   Article expressing the view that hemp fiber will eventually be re-introduced on a larger scale into the European textile industry, due to its characteristics and economic value. Author: D. Liberalato.
   http://www.ienica.net/italyseminar/fibres/liberalato.pdf

» The Hemp Archives
   On-line collection of articles on the properties and uses of hemp fiber in industrial applications.
   http://www.gametec.com/hemp/archives.html

» The Hemp Pages
   Personal homepage on the history, properties and uses of the hemp plant, and the many products derived from it.
   http://www.angelfire.com/co/hemp/index.html

» Utilization of Abaca Fiber as Industrial Raw Material
   Paper presented at a sustainable development workshop, providing background information about the commercial cultivation of the abaca or Manila hemp fiber, which could find application as a natural raw material for industrial processes, in particular the
   http://www.euronatur.org/info_english/fibre.PDF