How Two Sisters Are Reviving Damaged Farmland With Hemp

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Before 1937, hemp had been used for millennia as a means of fiber, paper, and fuel - and yet it became illegal to cultivate in the United States for decades. Today, two sisters in New York's Hudson Valley are re-introducing hemp on their farm as a way to heal their soil, while blazing a trail in regenerative agriculture.
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[@leoscheibelhut940]

As an older farmer, I am so happy to see brave strong young women come into agriculture, especially since they are dedicated to healing the soil and thus the earth.

[@COEXIST-ny4db]

I really loved that also! Pretty cool. I sometimes fear that farming will be lost as it's very hard work for little pay. I'm so proud of the younger generation being willing to dedicate their lives for basically....US! And thank you for all you've done also!!

[@edmundolinares9442]

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[@jessicap4998]

My company has been working with hemp for more than 20 years. We've bred strains with different fibers, so it can be processed and used for things like clothing. Hemp really has a lot of uses.

[@B01]

Ever work with Kenaf?

[@brentongutierrez4021]

Do you have hemp seed available for purchase?

[@jefferystube]

I don't suppose you could give a hint to the name of your company?

[@jessicap4998]

@@brentongutierrez4021 lol nope. We're R&D, not retail.

[@jessicap4998]

@@jefferystube Its in Alberta, Canada.

[@Joey-vw1id]

This was absolutely a great video. It actually brought me to tears because I don't understand why this world hasn't figured out by now that this hemp plant can actually save our planet from the from the suffering we ourselves caused. We need to incorporate this plant into crop rotations to put the carbon back into the earth to start to rebuild our planet. 💚🌿💯

[@Nembula]

You give me hope. We so need to repair the damage we have done to the soil we depend on for our food. A retired organic farmer.

[@marim0y]

This video felt as though no time had passed and also an eternity. Beautifully filmed and presented.

[@kw9158]

This was beautifully shot. It felt like a short cinematic film. Love to see these types of videos, and hope to see more from PBS!

[@Hawk_eye420]

I love that you girls are doing regenerative ag. and yes it is the future. I hope you girls do a lot of testing the plants when they are harvested to make sure it is safe for human use just in case. People like you are important to this world. Safety should not be left out like testing. Awesome work girls and thank you.

[@Ancusohm]

I do hope we do more with hemp. It's so useful.

[@b_uppy]

So is getting away from conventional ag. There two are still largely conventional in their approach. Polycropping is much better especially with alleycropping using mob grazing with diverse livestock. They could use more small, frequent rainwater catchments made from onsite materials. Integrating perennial and woody into polycropped areas increases fertility; resistence to pests, disease, weeds; diverse plants improves soil biome as well as increase fertility, carbon sequestration, topsoil, water retention and absorption, etc. This is about much more than hemp. Hemp is good but limited.

[@timfriday9106]

it was literally the most versatile cash crop in the entire world for centuries until it was demonized and illegalized. We used to make clothes ropes(for sailing) paper products...like...it's better than cotton... and we replaced it with cotton and petroleum materials for clothes which have significantly exacerbated the amount of water we fuck up and the amount of C02 we're pumping into the atmosphere...Like, hemp could go a LONG way to reverse climate change.. And there are like 2 laws that could be changed/reversed/updated to make it possible.

[@luisostasuc8135]

I think they might be forgiven for not going at it a mile a minute. Gotta regenerate soil to allow new plants to thrive

[@elisemiller13]

@@b_uppy Do you farm with all you mention here? Just curious. Well being

[@nadeeshferera3990]

im from sri lanka .im like know to the hemp

[@stephenwhitworth7701]

Thanks for taking the time to share your insights and views. I completed a hempcrete home building course a year or two back and I am in awe of the amazing physical characteristics of hemp. It breathes, it has amazingly high levels of insulation, it minimises allergies, almost eliminates mould from building interiors, has an amazing fire retardant characteristic - all things we are going to need more and more in the coming years. And yes, as you have so clearly demonstrated, it is also friendly to our soil and way of life. I have been inspired by what you are doing so please keep educating the world. Thanks.

[@nancykraus5127]

Hemp of all kinds grew wild all over the counjtry. When it was made illegal they outlawed all hemp. We used to make rope out of it here in the USA until it was all made illegal. It is as adaptable as bamboo. It can grow guickly and be made into so many things including wood, clothing, etc. These are two of the must sustainable crops we could ever have and hemp can change the ground for the better.

[@patriciamoffitt9543]

I moved to the Berkshires 3.5 years ago after having lived in the South all of my adult life. I was born and raised North of Hudson across the river. I'm jealous of your life. I am. What awesome and healthy, healthy minded people you are. I hope our country wakes up to the better and best practices for our mother earth. You gives us all hope. TY

[@meecee7136]

These women give me hope, I wish I had been as enlightened at their age. If we have hope, we have a chance. If we bow to cynicism, that is running rampart right now, I don't know what will happen. I'm choosing hope and love, the qualities these two women, and so many other young (and old) people embody.

[@BespokeByNellie]

Just watched this and the other three episodes. Wow. Just wow. Please keep this series going. We so need to see this, be involved in this, for our own well-being of body, mind, spirit, and soul, and that of our planet, these lands everywhere. This episode was so good. The bond these sisters have with one another and the plants they are tending, the earth and soil. It’s so healing. I lost my sister last year and seeing Melany and Freya together is a healing balm. I was born in small town in upstate New York and I love seeing bits of that home. I would watch all of these women and the work they are doing on the regular. I want to see more of them all. Thank you @PBSTerra, thank you Women of the Earth. It makes me want to have access to land again to grow these plants. Minnesota has just legalized recreational cannabis, and Hemp Farming is a thing here too. The good we can do with these kinds of farming methods and how we can heal our land and one another. This!!! More of this please and thank you

[@Angel_Bob_]

Fantastic work! It really warms my heart when others manage to explain cannabis and all the ways how it's such a wonderful plant in such thoughtful wording. Very relatable how working with it is somehow its own purpose and almost infinitely rewarding in how it heals the planet, body and mind 😌

[@RogerJayYang]

I also enjoyed the interviews from these sisters. I didn't expect the poetry of "the narrative must progress" (8:58).

[@mojo.adventures]

The biggest question I have is why this plant was framed so negatively for so long (especially hemp) and who was behind this narrative. Led to believe there were no therapeutic and no industrial uses for so long. You may get the answers to many other problems plaguing this world if you find out the answer to those questions...

[@MeetJarred]

Love Hempcrete! I've been getting interested in Hemp nano carbon cathodes myself. There will be some true innovations in the near future IMO.

[@dudleybarker2273]

say what now... what are those

[@robertosilva8390]

They both explain farming so clearly. Very nice. God bless them!!

[@krispykruzer]

Good to see hemp is being acknowledged as the wonder plant it has always been. Let’s fix this world !!

[@ross6343]

BRAVO young ladies [and PBS]! Henry Ford was a major advocate of hemp use in his day. Ford built a few cars out of hemp-related products; as well as, biofuel derived from hemp to run those cars. Glad these two young ladies are following hemp's magic!

[@tcbink]

We need to support the hemp industry and build an infrastructure to process it. Hemp is the key to saving the planet.

[@rosasalazar861]

What a miraculous plant. I was especially impressed on how it rejuvenates the soil taking out toxins and giving nutrients back. I hope find purpose with the root, I have no doubt they will

[@brad2548]

Likewise

[@nadeeshferera3990]

Hello nice life

[@CausticLemons7]

I'm loving this series and excited for more!

[@1969kodiakbear]

Marijuana and hemp. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

[@SolidGoldShows]

Inspirational story for all women and people around the world 🌎 🙏 ❤

[@mikehancho1613]

This is fantastic if everyone could come together and focus more on natural food/farming we can build a healthy world as it should be.

[@frankthecrank7520]

I loved every second of this story. Please keep it coming.

[@eccentricraven]

I love this and felt so inspired by these beautiful sisters. I like many others especially in America am hungry for more connections to the earth through actual gardening. I have never done so and believe we need to start creating more opportunities and living closer to the food we eat. I am thankful to you all for enlightening us more and more in these times towards needed truths for sustainable life to heal the earth and stop the abuse. Thank you to all the indigenous tribes on this land may we learn more from your ways and heal the past wrongs more and more each day.❤

[@Bennie32831]

It grows fast and is about 25 years more efficient than wood as a sustainable building material

[@QuiChiYang2]

I love the way they look & listen to each other. They are wholesome & deeply care for one another. As sisters you would not see such complimentary coming from city life. I wish them all the successes & Th🤝nk them for pointing out that hemp is a super plant. All the GMO fields in American need to plant hemp to restore SOIL HEALTH.

[@contemplating1015]

Agreed - well put🙏

[@Onecent703]

Thank you both so much for sharing your inspirational life❤️

[@ericweis1108]

This was fantastically well done!

[@Vospader21]

A little glimmer of hope in a long dark abyss of what awaits us. Thanks girls.

[@ElementalWildfire]

Nice, I'd love to learn more about hemp as a building material

[@clairedgaia3626]

National Hemp Builders Association.

[@thatguychris5654]

I'm sure pot breeders within 50 miles appreciate all that hemp pollen being blown around lol

[@andrehunter8137]

Where can we watch the other episodes? I can't seem to find it on KZbin.

[@andrehunter8137]

Thank you

[@COEXIST-ny4db]

Pretty darn amazing young women right there!! You're restoring my hope ❤

[@648Roland]

Dropping cotton for hemp would save in irrigation, insecticides, herbicides, harvesting and management while improving the soil. It's a no brainer.

[@uncle_pappy_sam9983]

Fun fact. In South Dakota, they're doing studies on feeding the high protein "cake" left over from squeazing the CBD out of the flower seeds, which could help reduce (but not entirely replace) the amount of corn needed to feed cattle. My sister is one of the ones doing these studies to get her masters in agriculture.

[@jamesbender1967]

As a Cannabis Horticulturist myself and being deeply passionate about this gift from God to man. I think I just fell in love with these beautiful souls 😍

[@suzannebinsley5940]

In Michigan you can grow pot, but not hemp.

[@dabberdan3200]

@@suzannebinsley5940how bassackwards is that rule in Michigan? It’s only a rule if you get caught 🤷‍♂️❤

[@hobsonpeter]

nice, what country are you growing in?

[@rensinavandenheuvel8882]

Beautiful movie, amazing women. So inspiring. You make my heart sing with your awareness and sharing this with the world. Love from Rensina in Australia

[@ginamarie5575]

Loved it so beautiful, and touching ❤. Keep on fighting the good fight ladies . Love your mother 🌎

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Very good video. I really enjoyed it !!!!!

[@mdempsey7128]

Here in Canada I grow marijuana right alongside my tomatoes and carrots as a companion. I’m sure hemp can be incorporated in the same way. I often refer to a book called Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte. She’s got another book called Roses Love Garlic.

[@granthawkins9142]

We should be planting hemp around airports etc.

[@b_uppy]

Along highways, in ditches to hold soil and absorb pollution. Lot of heavy metals with exhaust and tires.

[@granthawkins9142]

@@b_uppy that's a great idea!

[@CoryKlim]

You have to collect the hemp and then do something with it or it will just be re-released into the soil when the plant dies and breaks down. In certain situations its still a useful tool though...

[@Bennie32831]

That's a excellent idea

[@leonardayungo3911]

😂😂

[@RS-bn9rx]

Well done this program and the sisters

[@Reciprocity_Soils]

Brava! Grateful for your hard work and determination to share the goodness of regenerative agriculture and for your fine example in restoring degraded soil.

[@freedomforestlife]

What AMAZING young Women - Good on you girls - this is exactly what Mother Earth needs right now 💚✌🌿

[@MeetJarred]

Great Episode! Life x Hemp x Love - Hate = Happiness! Have a blessed week all!!

[@Mimicry161]

This is amazing!

[@b_uppy]

Polycropping of primarily woody and perennial, biome compatible food crops, managed with mob grazing, is the gold standard of regenerative ag. Caveat: Cannabis is a poor choice for the Southwest and Midwest as a monocrop (that's true of any crop, but especially annuals) but in a minor roll of a soil-holding, soil-fixing polyculture it is useful. Be mindful it is a 'heavy drinker,' that's why its role in drier areas is limited. In areas with more reliable rain, like east of the Mississippi, cannabis could be used more heavily in a polycropped situations. It is always important to plant in polycrops. Soil microbes do their best work of adding fertility, fighting disease and sequestering carbon when the plant life is a diverse mix of perennials, trees, shrubs and vines appropriate to the biome. This diverse mix could be an alternating mix of woody plants growing in alternating, parallel rows with herbacious plant mixes. This is kmown as alley cropping. It is important to have living plants and avoid plowing/tilling/bare earth fallow, as well as chemical inputs like fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Accompany these plant polycultures with mob grazing livestock and you have maximized the food producing, land restoring, general health boosting potental in a plot of land. Polycultures help make their own fertilizer. Have much fewer pest problems, disease and weed problems. Water is used more efficiently as the soil is better protected. It adds flood, drought, heat wave resiliency. It produces more calories and nutrition per acre than monocropped foods could ever hope to. Add rainwater harvesting catchments like keylining or frequent, small, check dams, bunds, swales, zai pits, etc for even more resiience while rebuilding aquifers, etc. It is important we start asking for and buying meats, eggs and milk that are mob grazed on diverse pastures, as well as foods grown in polycultures. If government steps in they will mess it up like they did with GMOs and the Dark Act. It is better to assert what we want with how we purchase foods.

[@nickv2463]

As brief as possible so we can spread your message, What is monocropping in so few words? And, what is mob grazing and how does it help?

[@seriouslyjoking2]

@@nickv2463 Monocrop agriculture is about sowing one crop every year in a similar piece of land, and not choosing to adopt practices such as rotation of other kinds of crops or even choosing to grow several crops on the same field, commonly known as polyculture. “Mob grazing is basically short duration, high density grazing with a longer than usual grass recovery period,” he says. “So you move a large group of cattle on average once a day and leave the grass to recover for between 40 and 100 days."

[@CatmanJimbo]

@@seriouslyjoking2 Yeah mob grazing is pretty much just having enough grazing land that the herd can rotate through without overgrazing, and not just them in a pen eating out of a trough of outside feed brought in, right? Pretty much the old school semi-nomadic herding lifestyle.

[@b_uppy]

@@nickv2463 Sorry to take so long to reply. I was tired and my brain fried when I tried to type a response. I wanted to be both succinct but give strong info to build on. You can always do a screen grab to copy it for reference if you wish to repost it. Feel free to cite me. Here it goes: Monocropping is growing one crop in isolation from another. Monocropping can be rows or entire fields of one crop. Monocropped plants are vulnerable to insects, disease, weeds. The soil degenerates due to a loss of a variety of plant geni. Monocropping means soil biomes generate less soil fertility. It uses more water, more often, more chemical inputs because plants are weaker, this comes down again to healthy soil. It typically accompanies tilling or 'no till' and depends on a denuded field before replanting. Monocropping is mostly done with fallow(a period of time where the ground is bare)/tilling/ These following videos illustrate how water acts on bare ground, so slowing it with small frequent catchments helps it absorb: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2O5oGqIltWIhqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaqqnoWXlsmmhqc Mob grazing is a special type of rotational grazing. It is best on diverse (weedy) fields. It capitalizes a high numbers of livestock in a confined area of pasture, often moving after a day. Emphasis is on making sure the pasture has time to recover, and that plants must left at 7" tall or taller or halfway (whichever leaves more soil cover). Mob grazing means grasses, forbs, and even lower parts of trees are eaten. The livestock are moved often to prevent 'picky eating.' The heavy stocking encourages more even foraging. Grasses get a knocked over and act as mulch protecting soil biomes and moisture, bare soil is shaded and protected from dessicating wind and 'solarization' (solarization oxidizes plants) both wind and solarization kill soil biomes. The animals leave fertility and divots (divots capture water, seed and humus for new plants). The plants regrow faster, producing more overall biomass per acre per year (feed) than overgrazing or feeding grain. The soils can absorb more moisture because more roots and deeper means more 'glues' that create aggregates the both hold and drain water; it increases soil fertility, carbon sequestration (soil needs carbon, this is beyond CO² drawdown), water permeability/less need for irrigation; nitrogen-fixing, as well as greatly reduced nitrogen run-off and fertility loss; Mob-grazed livestock produce significantly less methane, while encouraging much greater carbon sequestration than livestock pastured on monocropped fields, grained, fed hay, etc. Plant diversity matters. Mob-pastured livestock truly offset their carbon footprint. Livestock mob grazed on 'weedy' pasture are healthier. They have less illness, need fewer interventions. Their products are more nutrient dense with increases in omega 3 datty acidss, better fat profiles, and a wider array of (phytonutrients?). These videos illustrate how water acts on bare ground, so slowing it with small frequent catchments helps it absorb: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2O5oGqIltWIhqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaqqnoWXlsmmhqc If you have livestock graze in savanna-like conditions you can increase crops and crop diversity. Polycropped, holistic alley cropping works well here. Livestock can manage crop residues (the bits left after harvest). Mark Shepard does this, he fattens his pigs on chestnuts in the fall from his alley cropped trees. His book has relevant details. Worth buying, or at least borrowing from the library. Joel Salatin has written great articles on the subject, with citations on CO² sequestration.

[@rzadigi]

@@b_uppy fantastic summary of very important movement. I was happy to see you mention Salatin and Sheppard. Also worth exploring for those new to these ideas are the works of Allan Savory and Sepp Holzer. Permaculture and Masanobu Fukuoka also contributed greatly to this methodology🙏❤️

[@mikewilkins2030]

God Bless you! I can’t wait till society goes back to the basics! And this my friends is the direction! Great job ladies! I want to try some of your flower and make RSO! Best medicine

[@TedByars]

Love this. Wish more people would pursue this type of farming.

[@elisemiller13]

Whole bunch of youth learning about permaculture, hemp and medicinal mushroom cultivation, etc. Hope many can have the land & resource necessary to carry through on dreams

[@clairedgaia3626]

How can i contact the 2 women in this film?

[@teresatrigiani7838]

Highly inspirational...

[@ravensdotter6843]

This is a great series.

[@jeffreyjohnson5079]

these women & this concept ROCKS

[@jeffreyjohnson5079]

implement implement implement!

[@m4kn4zty52]

Interesting and very much educational for all more need to have the mindset.. roots could be regenerative also in some way

[@m4kn4zty52]

Earthships regenerative growing fersure, or so gunna act like lackadaisical when Mr. Hanky hits the fan

[@brad2548]

I'd be honored to spend a season with these gals to learn. They're quite knowledgeable and articulate. 👍

[@elisemiller13]

If you're serious, there are places you can learn Brad You could contact Wumaniti in New Mexico and see about possibility of internship with them (or fellow farmer friends).

[@brad2548]

@@elisemiller13 but it wouldn't be the same as learning with them

[@jamesseltenreich652]

Great video I’d love to be involved in a hemp farm, as I use it

[@ouagadougou62]

The benefits of these 2 plants are incredible. I hope that they grow in popularity to help us get rid of plastics and many other unhealthy materials.

[@beatpirate8]

im moved to tears by these women. i learned so much thank you!

[@Alexander-rq9he]

I hope these young ladies will incorporate some native plants among their weeds. ❤

[@darcoln3208]

There's no harm in good farmin'. Hemp makes our Earth happy :)

[@sean2val]

so true time for a change but not just the way we approach farming but everything

[@rzadigi]

This was a beautiful piece about the greater potential for how we farm and even how we live. But unfortunately the video didn’t share how they actually make a living and what they do with the hemp. Is this farming method actually sustainable today or is it still necessary to supplement their income with a cannabis crop? If farming is to change then young people need to see examples of others trying new ideas and methods and actually being successful 🙏❤️

[@Christammy-gp3kv]

This is awesome. I love nature. I'm always thinking of ways to save or change the bad of this earth and the people . I have always known it's not for a high it's so so much more.

[@julesbarta362]

Fantastic!

[@michaelfoort2592]

How the heck do they harvest and dry those acres of hemp by hand? Amazing

[@ronsmith1364]

trick photography. Good message through a tad bit of fluff. If I remember correctly cannabis was being grown in small private plots in upstate in the mid '70s.

[@roosdriesse2209]

You, my ladies, rockkkk! 💚👩‍🌾🙌

[@adelecupido8493]

This is an awesome plant, would luv to do what u guys are doing but difficult in paperwork and costs, so congratulations and all the great work ahead with this wonderful miracle plant, stay focused ❤

[@troygrover6441]

I'm thinking about the roots. Great Video Ladies.

[@rogeriolisto]

Lovely video. In my garden variety is the key as regenerate the earth multiple plants occupying the same plot😉

[@cjapao8058]

This is awesome 😎

[@deronjurgensen6412]

Hemp dogbane and hemp are not the same plant. While hemp is also good at removing heavy metals from the soil, the article sighted, stated that ragweed and hemp dogbane were found to be best at removing lead from the soil.

[@adri1leusha]

Lotus made a whole car (body) out of hemp fibre (and epoxy I asume) It can be used like carbon fiber / fiberglass It comes at the price of fiberglass, with stiffness and ease of use similar to carbon. Many other car makers use it in places like door/interior, but won't really advertise about it because of all the stigma :/

[@thejoyofbeing11]

This was everything.

[@josephdappa1340]

Two Sisters: may God bless you for what you are doing for the world. You restorative agriculture is going to be a legacy for the future. I have a vision and dream for Africa. Please connect me with farm ladies who love Black men and interested in settling in Africa to work on the farm! Thanks for your cooperation. Joseph

[@beatpirate8]

my sis hs been growing fava but this is good to know! thank you for your good work and sharing!

[@CyraxxIsPDFile]

Two very bright and driven young ladies!

[@Onecent703]

My goal is to build beautiful tiny homes on a large plot of land with a garden for organic foods and an area to grow hemp which will provide many useful sustainable products🙏❤️

[@Gwallacec2]

They just seem so in the clouds high af and I love it. You can tell they trip balls.

[@BEAKERBOT]

How wonderful! It would be amazing if they were to consider planting milkweed at the edges of the fields for the monarchs and the overall milkweed ecosystem is incredible.

[@anthsallwonky]

I'm glad there are some people still doing what they can to enliven this earth.

[@user-xd9vx2yq8e]

i am so impressed with what the ladies are doing

[@contemplating1015]

Your father must be overcome with pride that his two daughters have turned out so beautifully wonderful.🙏

[@stvooplayhouse]

Love it.

[@SpenceReam]

Beautiful

[@willm5814]

Hemp is North Anerica’s bamboo - so versatile, so much potential!

[@jefferystube]

Title is a little misleading. Was the land they are farming damaged in some way? They don’t give any examples. As a fiber artist I got excited seeing this video, thinking they could be a source for hemp fiber that could be spun into yarn, but the way they are growing it is not close enough together to make good fiber, and they are shown harvesting the aerial parts, probably for hemp seed for their smoothies. But however they started, and whatever intentions they had, they are now recreational pot farmers. The same farmhouse in this video is the subject of a business insider article from May 21, 2022 listing Hudson Hemp as a full-time marijuana farm. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with marijuana, the species benefits the land no matter its final use, and the regulations and limitations on both are backwards. In my state I can grow a few plants (the thc kind) for recreational use, but there is no allowance to grow hemp for personal use as a fiber plant.

[@geckowizard9058]

SO BEAUTIFUL!

[@Kristina-bf5lp]

Awesome!

[@nolispex]

At 2:23 your video is still making the claim of the domestic demand for Hemp Fiber during WW2 happening in 1914, which was the time of WW1. The "Hemp For Victory" thing definitely happened during WW2. This video has the timeline wrong for that one item

[@pbsterra]

Hello. Thank you for your comment. You are correct, we accidentally placed WW2 in the wrong spot on the timeline. Please excuse the error, and thank you again for bringing it to our attention. We are going to work to update the graphic.

[@diannenaworensky6698]

​@@pbsterra HI Girls, this was the only comment that I saw you respond to. I think you are doing a great job. I'm 61 1/2 and I'm doing research on this plant. I have had 2 strokes (one in 2021 and one in 2022). People tell me that I should be using this plant for medicine. That it will help with my anxiety. You see I'm petrified that I will have another stroke. Someone mentioned to me to use both CBD and THC together that it could help with my symptoms. My whole right side feel like it is asleep and the buzzing of that is so bad that at times it makes me feel nauseated. I don't think that I will live long enough to see this plant viewed as medicine. We sill have too many "mossy backs" sitting in office and would never vote for that. I really enjoyed your video !!!!! GOOD LUCK, Dianne Naworensky

[@dontcomment6012]

That's great 👍

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

This is so badass!!!!! I am so glad I found this freakin Channel

[@beverlyp480]

It is a miracle plant. Huge green industry ready to happen. 💕🙏💕

[@scottcollins8565]

Beautiful people ❤️

[@Divine81Empress]

This was amazing..brought tears to my eye's

[@PhilippeOrlando]

Very inspiring.

[@leokaloper4132]

Excellent video girls. In fact, from a below comment, the idea came to me and I endorse it wholeheartedly. You should start (and it's not an additional activity, it's set and (almost) forget). Harvesting rainwater does not have to be a tank cistern, roof, pipes, etc. If I'm doing it in the midst of a city concrete, means anyone can do it. Just bottles and funnels are needed. My case - (someone will laugh, do it, but realise the matter) just a plastic fridge crisper from an old thrown fridge can be a rain container.

[@amicdaime3611]

Humanity is the destructive weapon to the planet. We must respect for her grace. Let's save our mother Earth. Thank for making an aspiring content videos.

[@juha-mattikoponen1625]

It was really interesting to find out that hemp can pull heavy metals/toxins out of the soil. But has anyone studied where the plant stores them? Is the plant or parts of it still usable somehow if used in such soil cleaning fashion?