American Hemp: How Growing Our Newest Cash Crop Can Improve Our Health, Clean Our Environment, and Slow Climate Change is a nonfiction book by Jen Hobbs, with a foreword by Jesse Ventura. Published in 2019, it makes an optimistic case for hemp’s place in American agriculture and industry.
What the book covers
The publisher’s description and contents outline a broad journey: hemp’s history, its use as a wartime crop, farming, nutrition, CBD, environmental cleanup, and building materials. Hobbs connects these subjects through an argument that hemp deserves renewed attention as a useful crop.
A starting point for questions
For readers interested in environmental reporting or agricultural history, the book offers a subject to investigate further. Which proposed uses have become commercially practical? What evidence supports particular environmental claims? Those questions can guide further reading without treating the book’s optimistic thesis as settled fact.
This introduction is based on the publisher’s listing, rather than a firsthand review of the complete text. Readers should consult current research for health claims and current official guidance for legal questions.
Edition: Paperback, 312 pages; published April 16, 2019. ISBN: 9781510743298.