The Founding Fathers Knew The Value Of Hemp

When we talk about the making of the United States, we often focus on the big ideas: liberty, revolution, democracy, and the founding documents. But beneath those ideas was a physical world that had to be built, supplied, and maintained. And one of the most important materials in that world was hemp. Long before cannabis became a political flashpoint, hemp was a strategic industrial crop woven into the daily life, economy, and survival of early America.