Cannabidiol (CBD) is extracted from the hemp plant

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Hemp is a wonderfully versatile plant with an ancient history. Hemp can be made into food, paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, paint, insulation, biofuel, and animal feed. Hemp was one of the first plants to be spun into usable fiber some 10,000 years ago.

Hemp seeds can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, or made into dried sprout powder. A 100-g portion of hulled hemp seeds supplies 586 calories. They contain 5% water, 5% carbohydrates, 49% total fat, and 31% protein. Hemp seeds are notable in providing 64% of the Daily Value (DV) of protein per 100-g serving. Hempseed amino acid profile is comparable to other sources of protein such as meat, milk, eggs and soy.

Hemp fiber has been used extensively throughout history. Items ranging from rope, to fabrics, to industrial materials were made from hemp fiber. Hemp was often used to make sail canvas, and the word “canvas” derives from the word “cannabis”. And of course, hemp rope was used in the age of sailing ships.

Hemp is possibly one of the earliest plants to be cultivated. An archeological site in the Oki Islands near Japan contained cannabis achenes from about 8000 BCE, probably signifying use of the plant. Hemp use archaeologically dates back to the Neolithic Age in China, with hemp fiber imprints found on Yang Shao culture pottery dating from the 5th millennium BCE. The Chinese later used hemp to make clothes, shoes, ropes, and an early form of paper.

Hemp grew and was known in the Neolithic period all across the northern latitudes, from Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Ukraine) to East Asia (Tibet and China), but textile use of hemp does not surface for certain in the West until relatively late, namely the Iron Age.

Jews living in Palestine in the 2nd century were familiar with the cultivation of hemp, as witnessed by a reference to it in the Mishna (Kil'ayim 2:5). In late medieval Germany and Italy, hemp was employed in cooked dishes, as filling in pies and tortes, or boiled in a soup. Hemp in later Europe was mainly cultivated for its fibers, and was used for ropes on many ships, including those of Christopher Columbus.

The Spaniards brought hemp to the Western Hemisphere and cultivated it in Chile starting about 1545. In May 1607, "hempe" was among the crops Gabriel Archer observed being cultivated by the natives at the main Powhatan village, where Richmond, Virginia is now situated; and in 1613, Samuel Argall reported wild hemp "better than that in England" growing along the shores of the upper Potomac. As early as 1619, the first Virginia House of Burgesses passed an Act requiring all planters in Virginia to sow "both English and Indian" hemp on their plantations. The Puritans are first known to have cultivated hemp in New England in 1645.

George Washington pushed for the growth of hemp and even grew hemp himself, as it was a cash crop commonly used to make rope and fabric. Additional presidents known to have farmed hemp include Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, and Franklin Pierce.