The Green Screen Rating

This score is a ranking based on how natural, eco-friendly, and non-toxic a product is, and is rated out of a possible total 5 stars.

STARS: 5 out of 5 stars for naturalness
COMMENTS: Hemp is an important natural resource for many, many reasons. Hemp can easily be grown without the use of pesiticides and other harmful chemicals that pollute the soil (cotton is one of the most pesticide-laden crops in the US). Additionally, it can be grown without irrigation, saving valuable water resources. Cotton produces only 4% of the world's agricultural crops, but uses up 52% of the world's agricultural inputs, accordint to Ruth Shemai, of Ruth's Hemp Foods (who can tell you all about the extraordinary benefits of eating hemp foods in a wonderful interview, here). In fact, Ms. Shamai insists that there are over 25,000 uses for hemp (and, yes, that is more than for duct tape!!). Wow!

It's time for a change away from cotton, such a damaging (but powerful) industry, to something more sustainable and eco-friendly- hemp!

Currently illegal to grow in the US, many countries, including Canada, are now producing countless hemp products that are benefiting both the planet and its citizens.

Read about the many benefits of hemp here.