Through photosynthesis, hemp plants have the ability to store considerable amounts of carbon in both stems and roots. It grows rapidly, is tall and deep rooted into the ground, making it the perfect crop for storing carbon.
Soil Quality
Being a fast-growing crop and having a high leaf turnover rate, hemp has very positive effects on soil health - it stabilizes erosion, adds nutrients to the soil and naturally removes heavy metals and increases the yield of subsequent crops.
Biodiversity
Being a wind pollinated, dioecious and staminate plant, cannabis produces large amounts of pollen β a vital nutritional source for bees during periods of floral scarcity.
Sustainable Farming
The real added value of industrial hemp is its ability to produce different products with one crop: food, feed, cosmetics, biomaterials, energy while achieving positive environmental externalities with one rotational crop.
Saving Water
Studies have shown that hemp is more ecologically neutral than other fibres, particularly in water usage. For example - cotton requires 9.7kg of water per kg while hemp uses 2.4 and 3.4kg of water per kg. That's 75% in water savings.
Reducing Deforestation
Hemp is a good and sustainable source of cellulose for paper making that could help reducing deforestation. In an industrial setting hemp typically yields a pulp production up to 4 times that of a mature tree plantation, on a hectare basis.
On 19.12.2021. SIA "Hempy Food" concluded a contract with LIAA No. SKV-L 2021/437 on receiving support within the framework of the "Promoting International Competitiveness" measure co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
