The reasons for hemp�s continued popularity throughout the years are still applicable today and are the basis for the renewed interest in its cultivation and its diversified use. Hemp can be grown organically. Only eight, out of about one hundred known pests, cause problems, and hemp is most often grown without herbicides, fungicides or pesticides. Eco-friendly hemp can replace conventionally grown, pesticide laden cotton crop and most toxic petrochemical products.

Hemp is strong, warm, and long wearing. Once known as a superior industrial fiber due to its ruggedness and coarseness, today the hemp as a modern textile fabric provides all the warmth and softness valued by fashion designers but with remarkable durability seldom found in other materials. In recent years, industrial hemp has been viewed world-wide as a versatile and environmentally friendly plant that has many industrial applications. Currently hemp is legally grown in Canada and many European and Asian countries. Authorities across Australia are now examining industrial hemp as a viable commercial crop.  Ironically, U.S. A is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not recognize the value of industrial hemp and permit its production. This seems a stark contrast to hemp�s place in the early American history.

 America's Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper in 1776. Presidents Washington and Jefferson both grew hemp and the statesman & scientist Benjamin Franklin owned a hemp paper mill. Americans were legally bound to grow hemp during the Colonial Era and Early Republic. The federal government subsidized hemp during the Second World War and U.S. farmers grew about a million acres of hemp as part of that program. Today, most all hemp, fiber, yarns and fabric is imported into the US for manufacturing clothing and other products.

Hemp offers an excellent ecological alternative for wood which accounts for 92% of all papermaking world-wide. Pulp wood accounts for 14% of wood felling which is huge loss to the rain forest considering that it takes 10 to 20 years for a tree to mature and replace the felled tree. Forests cannot meet the demand of the paper industry. The water pollution of wood pulp and paper mills is serious. Total Chlorine Free (TCF) processes can be easily applied to hemp pulp. The hemp paper is safer for the planet and mankind - especially for food packaging. Hemp produces better and more pulp per acre than timber on a sustainable basis, and can be used for every quality of paper. Hemp paper manufacturing can reduce wastewater contamination. Hemp also contributes to carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction, thus reducing global warming. Scientists claim that by switching from wood pulp to hemp stalk for paper making and industrial fiber for cloth manufacturing, we can repair or slow down the amount of damage that mankind has been doing to the planet earth. At the same time, we will be getting higher quality paper and much stronger & durable clothing manufactured from hemp.

Many consumers have started to prefer products made from natural materials. This is evident with the emergence of hemp products from international companies and organizations, which are sourcing natural hemp materials for a number of their products ranging from apparel to footwear and accessories.