Since there really is no such animal as "a" temperate climate, that isn't
something to judge by.
... For starters, it is a crop you
start indoors/greenhouse and that means it needs a mere 60 to 75 days in the
ground.
In areas such as where I just moved from, you can easily, and I do mean
easily, get 3 crops per year. There are tons of areas in the U.S. where 3
crops or even 4 are possible.
And you do have the added advantage that this is one of those crops that
doesn't deplete the soil but rather is a soil builder.
People need to conserve, people need to figure out that it is really
painless to shut off that light when they leave the room, that you don't
need to turn on the forced air heating when the temps dip below 70 but
rather put on a sweater, don't need to turn on the air conditioning when the
temps get above 70 but rather use a fan, take better care of their vehicles,
plan so they don't have to head off to the store daily for a quart of milk,
etc., etc., etc.
No, not 90 percent -- but it could be part of a mix.
Change of habits and getting over the ignorance of "OMG hemp is weed" and we
would be 90% of the way to self-sufficiency in this country.
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