Garmet Guide – Pro’s And Con’s About Canada Hemp Clothing
Cultivated for industrial and commercial purposes, Cannabis Sativa (better known as hemp) has a myriad of uses, for it can be utilized for fuel, food, cosmetics, soap, building materials, paper and apparel. In Canada hemp clothing is now increasing in popularity; and consequently hemp production in the country has more than doubled within the last decade. For instance, in Canada, in 1999, 2400 hectares were allocated for hemp production, whilst in 2009, more than 5600 hectares were used for hemp cultivation.
In Canada hemp clothing commands a steadily increasing demand, and this has led farmers to show a growing interest in the development of this versatile crop which can sometimes even generate $80 per hectare, made all the more attractive by the fact that it can be sown several times an year, whilst generating a yield per hectare that is much higher than that of cotton.
Apparel made of hemp is often blended with cotton, and as cotton generally consumes more resources than hemp; the Canadian National Resource Council (NRC) in collaboration with Hemptown clothing have now patented a ground-breaking enzyme process that transforms industrial hemp into white, soft-to-the-touch “Canadian cotton”, popularly referred to as “Crailar”. This has indeed been a boon to the Canada hemp clothing industry.
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