{"id":20932,"date":"2023-08-31T18:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/properties-of-industrial-hemp\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:10:01","slug":"properties-of-industrial-hemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/articles\/properties-of-industrial-hemp\/","title":{"rendered":"Properties of industrial hemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">\u0397 <\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>industrial or fibrous hemp <\/strong>(<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">hemp<\/span><span lang=\"el-GR\">) has a minimum content of <\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">THC (the active psychotropic substance) and has been used all over the planet since ancient times. From the Egyptian Pharaohs and the Ancient Greeks, to the Chinese Emperors and the early Christians, thehe <span lang=\"el-GR\">fibres, leaves, oil and seeds of the plant have been used for hundreds of purposes such as the production of durable fabrics, ropes, paper and<\/span> <span lang=\"el-GR\">pulp, the production of food with high nutritional value, but also building and insulation materials, bioplastics and biofuels (the <\/span>diesel <span lang=\"el-GR\">engine <\/span> <span lang=\"el-GR\">was originally designed to work by burning hemp oil).  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">The seeds and oil from hemp fibre have a very high nutritional value, containing high quality protein, omega-3 fatty acids, amino acids, minerals and vitamins.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Industrial hemp also has very beneficial properties for the decontamination of water and soil, the restoration of ecosystems, agriculture and chemical and nuclear contaminated areas. It can be used as a natural pesticide and is beneficial in enriching arable soils through crop rotation (rotating crops in the same field so that it can &#8220;rest&#8221;).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Because the cultivation of hemp fibre does not require large amounts of water and no chemical fertilisers and pesticides, it is considered to have a negative carbon footprint and a beneficial overall impact on the environment.  <\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span lang=\"el-GR\">Hemp can replace cotton cultivation as it is more durable (up to 3 times), has higher quality fibre and a higher yield per hectare than cotton, which requires at least 4 times more water and many chemicals.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Hemp can also replace wood pulp (e.g. for the production of banknotes and paper), since it is more durable and more efficient per hectare of cultivated area, thus saving valuable forests and resources.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\">Hemp fibre paper can be recycled up to 7 times while regular paper can only be recycled three times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>In Europe<\/strong>, more than 15,000 hectares (150,000 acres) are currently cultivated, mainly in France, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Italy, Austria, Spain, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"el-GR\"><strong>China<\/strong> is the world&#8217;s largest producer of hemp and accounts for almost 80% of global production, with more than 30 countries involved.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisnews.gr\/\">cannabisnews.gr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial or fibrous hemp has a low THC content (the active psychotropic substance) and has been used all over the world since ancient times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Industrial or fibrous hemp has minimal THC content and has been used all over the world since ancient times.","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[465],"tags":[489,488],"class_list":{"0":"post-20932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"tag-cbd-en","9":"tag-hemp-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20950,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20932\/revisions\/20950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehempers.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}