Ngabe I-Hemp Isetshenziselwe Ini?

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Isitshalo sasendulo esasetshenziswa iminyaka eyikhulu ngaphambi kokuba sivinjelwe yimpucuko yaseNtshonalanga yanamuhla ngeminyaka yo-1930s, imicu yamafutha e-hemp plant namafutha kuhlanganisiwe ekuthuthukisweni kwesintu. Izindwangu ezivela emishinini ye-hemp zisetshenzisiwe lapho kwenziwa umfaniswano wamasosha, amasoseyili kanye nezintambo emikhunjini yabahloli bamazwe abasebenza kuqala olwandle, amafulegi nezincwadi emakoloni asanda kusungulwa kanye nezingubo zabantu abasebenza phansi kuqala.

Amafutha e-hemp anempilo asetshenziswa kokudla, ama-skincare nezimonyo, kanti uwoyela we-hemp one-CBD unezinhlelo eziningi zokwelapha. IHemp ihlwanyelwe futhi ukukhipha ubuthi emhlabathini, njengengxenye yezinhlelo zokujikeleza kwezitshalo ukwenza ngcono impilo yenhlabathi kanye nokwenza ama-biofuels.

Ukusetshenziswa okukhulu kwe-hemp okwenziwa uwoyela we-CBD hemp (23%), bese kuba yimikhiqizo yokunakekela umuntu (22%) elandelwa ukusetshenziswa kwezimboni (18%).

I-Hemp Njengendwangu

Imicu emide, eqinile yangaphandle yehekisi isetshenziselwa ukwenza izindwangu nezindwangu.

Njengoba kuvezwa yi-USA National Hemp Association yase-USA, isitshalo se-hemp sinesikhunta sesitshalo esinamandla futhi eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi sasisetshenziswa isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba ilungelo lobunikazi liqashelwe ngonyaka ka-1937. I-Hemp iyamelana nokubola nokugqekeza. Yayisetshenziselwa ukukhipha umkhumbi, umfaniswano wamasosha, ukuboshwa kweparachute, umthwalo, nezintambo.

Ama-Levi asekuqaleni ama-jeans ayenziwe ngokuyinhloko kusuka esikebheni sezindiza se-hemp sabavukuzi begolide eCalifornia. Eminyakeni phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, amabutho aseMelika akhuthaza abalimi baseMelika ukuthi batshale i-hemp ukuze kukhiqizwe izintambo nezindwangu ezingangeniswa ngenxa yempi. Kamuva, lapho impi iphela, zonke izimvume zokukhula kwe-hemp zachithwa.

Indwangu ye-Hemp inamandla kathathu kunakotini futhi ingahlanganiswa nosilika nekotini ukukhiqiza izindwangu zezindwangu ezihlukile.

Iphepha Le-Hemp

Iphepha le-Hemp aliphuzi ngeminyaka, liqinile kunephepha elakhiwe ngokhuni futhi lingakubekezelela ukugoqwa okuningi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusebenzisa i-hemp ephepheni kuyinto esimeme kakhudlwana kunefodo lokhuni njengoba ikhula ekuvuthweni kungakapheli izinyanga ezine. Okushesha kakhulu kunezihlahla.

I-Hemp Ezimotweni

Ngo-1941, uHenry Ford, umsunguli weFord Motor Company, wathuthukisa imoto enikwe amandla yi-hemp nezinye izinto ezisebenzisa isitshalo, kanye nama-bumpers enziwe nge-hemp nezinye izinto zokwakha. Ngo-2019, umakhi wezezimoto uPatrick wakhipha i-718 Cayman GT4 Clubport enomzimba owakhiwe ngemithambo yehemp kanye nepulasitiki. I-Hemp yathatha isikhundla se-carbon fibre ukuqinisa i-resin yepulasitiki.

I-Hempu Kwezempilo

Ukusetshenziswa kwe-Hemp ye-CBD konyango lwezokwelapha kubangelwa ama-antioxidants, ama-polyunsaturated fatty acids nama-cannabinoids akhona ku-oli okhishwa ezimbali, amaqabunga neziqu. Enye ye-cannabinoids enkulu, i-CBD isetshenziselwa imiphumela yayo yokunciphisa ukuvuvukala, izinhlungu nezinhlungu.

Amafutha e-Hemp ebanda kakhulu ekhishwe ezinhlizweni aphezulu kuma-asidi angenamafutha amaningi futhi asetshenziswa njengamafutha wesaladi nasezimonyo.

Ukudla Kwe-Hemp

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Kusetshenziswa imbewu ye-Hemp ekudleni kwezilwane nokwabantu. Kuyakhishwa ukuze kukhiqizwe uwoyela wesaladi. I-Hemp yembewu yempuphu (eyenziwe kukhekhe lwembewu kawoyela ngemuva kokukhishwa i-oyili) ufulawa onempilo onama-protein asetshenziselwa izinto ezibhakiwe, i-smoothies, nemigoqo yokudla okulula.

I-Hemp Embonini Yezokwakha

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Ngaphakathi kwesiqu se-hemp kukhona into ewugqinsi, ene-chalky ebizwa ngokuthi i-hurd. Lokhu okusetshenziswa kwendwangu kusetshenziswa embonini yokwakha. Kuhlanganiswe izingcezu, i-hemp hurd ixutshwa ne-ejenti ebophayo. Le ngxube isetshenziselwa ukwenza izitini namashidi - asetshenziswa njengezinto zokwakha ezifakwayo.

Amafutha e-hemp yezimboni yi-oyela ekhanyayo efanelekile njenge-varnish yokusetshenziswa kwezinkuni. Ingasetshenziswa futhi ngopende, kulimishini yomshini, nakuyinki. Imiphumela yokuhlolwa komkhiqizo ikhombise imikhiqizo ye-polymer eyenziwe nge-hemp ne zokwenziwa kanye ne-petroleum ngenkathi iqukethe amazinga aphansi kakhulu wezinto ezinobuthi nezishubile.

Imikhiqizo Ye-Hemp eNingizimu Afrika

Imikhiqizo ye-Hemp eNingizimu Afrika yonke ingeniswa ezweni. Izindwangu zenziwa eChina. Imikhiqizo ye-CBD ingeniswa ivela e-USA. Imbewu yokudla okunempilo ivela eJalimane. Amafutha embewu ye-hemp enomsoco athungathwa eCanada, kuyilapho izinto zokwakha ze-hemp zivela e-United Kingdom.

Translated by Nsika Khoza