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Hulled hemp seed sells for about £10 for 200g in my local organic shop. Then there's oil which by many measures is healthier than olive oil. Apart from food an

by morog 8y ago

Hulled hemp seed sells for about £10 for 200g in my local organic shop. Then there's oil which by many measures is healthier than olive oil. Apart from food and CBD, hemp is generally more environmentally friendly than cotton and grows in a far wider range of climates and is softer than the fibres you mentioned. Then there are cosmetics, hempcrete, animal feed, bioplastics, etc...

credit_guy 8y ago
> Then there's oil which by many measures is healthier than olive oil. I found this statement hard to believe, so I checked. I can confirm you are right, and by a large margin. Wikipedia has a comparison of vegetable oils [1]. Hemp oil has the most polyunsaturated fatty acids, at 82%. However, it has a low burning point, so I guess it's best to use it in salads, rather than for frying. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_oil#Comparison_to_other_vegetable_oils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp_oil#Comparison_to_other_v...