Opportunities for German Hemp - Article outlining the potential for the development of a hemp fiber and products industry in Germany. Authors: Michael Karus and Gero Leson. - http://mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/HEMP/IHA/jiha4110.html
Utilization of Abaca Fiber as Industrial Raw Material - Technical paper presented at the 2002 workshop on sustainable development project in the Philippines, about the cultivation of abaca or Manilla hemp as reinforcement fiber in plastic composites in the automotive industry in the framework of a rainforestat - http://www.euronatur.org/fileadmin/docs/projekte/fibre.PDF
New Processing Strategies For Hemp - Extensive article about the novel technology of steam explosion to transform raw hemp fiber into a material whose texture and properties are comparable with or superior to cotton and cottonized hemp, including an analysis of related economic and environme - http://mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/HEMP/IHA/iha02101.html
Hemp Symposia Proceedings - From the Canadian Department of Agriculture. Procedings of a 1998 symposium on the history, cultivation, processing, characteristics and applications of hemp fiber. - http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp551
Fiber Wars - On-line book telling the tale of hemp fiber in the competition for markets, capturing all the significant cross currents of the Industrial Age. Extensive footnotes. Author: David P. West, Ph.D. - http://www.gametec.com/hemp/fiberwars/index.html
Industrial Hemp and its Potential for New Zealand - Detailed report for the 1999 Kellogg Rural Leadership Course, providing background information on industrial hemp and the political, legal, economic, social and environmental issues surrounding it, to farmers, fiber processors and New Zealand government b - http://www.merfield.com/research/hemp/hemp.pdf
Differences Between Flax and Hemp - Research into the literature for classic methods of differentiating between flax and hemp fiber, and information about twist discrimination methods. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: Kakub Wiener and others. - http://www.autexrj.org/No2-2003/0053.pdf
About Hemp - Information about the hemp plant, the applications of hemp fibers in the textile industry, and the politics surrounding the issue. Links to a hemp timeline and fact sheet, a history of use, and books. From Hemp Sisters, Inc. - http://www.hemp-sisters.com/Information/about.htm
Harvesting, Retting and Fiber Separation - Summary of a feasibility study on industrial hemp production in the US Pacific Northwest, dealing with current information and research on hemp harvesting, retting and fiber separation when the crop is grown for fiber. From the US Department of Agricultur - http://www.globalhemp.com/Archives/Government_Research/USDA/ages001Ee.pdf
Objective Basis for Evaluation of Differences in Fibre Quality - Analysis of the differences in quality and characteristics between male, female and monoecious hemp fiber plants. From Hempfood.Com. Authors: E. Horkay and J. Bucsa. - http://www.hempfood.com/IHA/iha03210.html
Hempology - Searchable database of articles and images concerning the history, cultivation, growing, development, products and uses of industrial hemp fiber. - http://hempology.org/
Hemp: Specialty Crop for the Paper Industry - In 1994 a four year research program to evaluate the feasability of the cultivation of hemp (Cannabis sativa L., Cannabinaceae) as a raw material source for the paper industry was finalized. Three aspects, primary production, pulp processing, and paper pr - http://www.globalhemp.com/Archives/Academic_Research/specialty_crop_paper.html
The Hemp Archives - On-line collection of articles on the properties and uses of hemp fiber in industrial applications. - http://www.gametec.com/hemp/archives.html