email:mishabae@purerasa.com Phone: 206-919-6289
email:mishabae@purerasa.com Phone: 206-919-6289
REALLY
...and you'll look, feel, and smell good too...
Hemp is an amazingly versatile plant. Here are just a few good uses for something that grows as free and easy as a weed:
A great source of vegetable protein, Hemp seeds can be pressed into a nutritious oil, ground into tasty flours for baked goods and has also has been used extensively in health and beauty products for its highly moisturizing qualities. On an industrial level the plant can be used to make rope, paper, fuel, and fabric. Using Hemp based products saves the planets natural resources.
For this reason at Pure Rasa we have chose to craft our wares from Hemp fabrics.
It protects your skin from the sun.
Which means it resists bacterial growth so you and your shirt will be less odoriferous even in the hottest hot yoga class. Hemp absorbs moisture quickly, keeping your body dry. Hemp is more water-absorbent than cotton, it will retain dye better than any other fabric, keeping your colors from fading. Hemp also has a porous quality that allows it to breathe, keeping you cool in the summer and warmer in cooler weather. Hemp is one of the most durable fibers on earth. The drape and feel of hemp has been compared to linen. Hemp fabric becomes softer with use. It wears in rather than wears out. It goes from soft to softer with each wearing. Like organic cotton, hemp is harvested and processed by hand, keeping people happily employed in a healthy industry.
Hemp uses ALMOST NO WATER to grow and can usually be rain-fed. This SAVES WATER which is becoming scarce
Growing Hemp HELPS PREVENT SOIL EROSION. The roots of the hemp plant are like tentacles reaching out under the Earth. They can grow to twelve inches long in only a month, which The roots can grow up to lengths of three feet or longer. They anchor into the soil and preserve the topsoil and subsoil, keeping them healthy for years without needing to rotate the crop, unlike cotton which depletes the soil of nutrients.
GROWING HEMP ACTUALLY LEAVES THE SOIL IN BETTER CONDITION than before it was planted. When the hemp plant is harvested, the roots remain and the leaves are returned to the fields to keep the soil rich. Hemp is also FAST GROWING. This ma kes it SUSTAINABLE. It's ready for harvest only 120 days after going to seed, whereas trees can take hundreds of years, and usually take more than ten years. Like bamboo, hemp can grow almost anywhere- from the extremes of the Saharan desert all the way up to Scandinavia.
Naturally Organic-
Hemp is naturally less vulnerable to insects and crowds out other weeds so PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS ARE NOT USED.
MORE GOOD NEWS-
Another benefit is that every part of the hemp plant can be used from the root
to the stalk, the leaf, the flower, the seeds the pollen and even the resin.
Some other uses for hemp are charcoal, tars, methane and other flammable gases
that could help heat homes, for cooking and for the generation of electricity.
The average acre of farmland can provide ten tons of hemp in four months. I told you that you would feel really good about wearing your HEMP shirt !
