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HEMP: Western Kshatraps Announces a New Storefront!

Western Kshatraps
25-08-2005, 01:48
HEMP! HEMP! HEMP!

GET ANY HEMP PRODUCT YOUR NATION NEEDS AT OUR NEW STORE!!!


All of our products are GUARANTEED to be ORGANIC ALL-NATURAL EARTH FRIENDLY VEGAN FAIR-TRADED and PRODUCED in ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND WORKSHOPS by UNDERPRIVILIDGED WORKERS!!!

You may be wondering why you would choose clothing made from hemp over clothing made from "traditional" fabrics.

For one thing, hemp is as traditional a fabric as you can find. The hemp plant is the oldest cultivated fiber plant known, with a history of use in textiles and fabrics dating back as far as 8000 BC. The reasons for hemp's continued popularity throughout ten millenia are still applicable today, and are the basis for the renewed interest in its cultivation and use.

The hemp plant produces the strongest natural fiber known. Hemp fabric is three times stronger than cotton fabric of the same weight; it is also warmer, more absorbent, and longer wearing.

A crop of hemp requires no application of herbicides. With a density of 200 to 300 plants per square meter, there is no available room or light for weeds to grow.

The hemp plant also has no need of pesticides. It has no known insect enemies and is also highly resistant to disease.

Hemp Products:
Over 25,000 practical products can be produced from hemp--anything from "dynamite to Cellophane", according to an article in the February 1938 issue of Popular Mechanics. In fact, nearly all petroleum-based products, including plastics, could be made as hemp-based products, and with less impact on the enviroment.

The world consumption of natural and synthetic fiber based products is increasing at the rate of 4% to 6% per year. In the last 50 years, mankind has cut down 50% of the world's forests. The human population is expected to double by the year 2050.

Preserving the status quo by continuing reliance on timber- and petroleum-based products is not a sustainable situation. New ideas and new options are needed, and we believe that the production and use of industrial hemp is an idea whose time has come.

We stock the following goods for your populace:

Industrial strength paints

PVC pipe

durable building materials.

paper

vegetable oil (hemp seed oil is lower in saturated fats than any other vegetable oil including soybean and canola)

Handbags

Backpacks

Passport

Wallets

Roll-up sleeping bags

Berets

other Hats (your choice?)

Beanies

Floppy hats

Winter or Summer clothing/uniforms

Bath/Body Soap

Hair Care

Skin Care

Hammocks

Twine

Yarn

Cotton Cord

Heavy Duty Rope

Just submit a message stating which of our High quality products you would like, the amount you need, and then wire us the amount of money you feel is appropriate. No pressure there, we don't want to come off all 'corporate' or anything, so just like when you go to a museum on Sundays, just give us a 'donation' that you feel is sufficient.

Peace,
-Team member in charge of Hemp product marketing