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Hemp vs Dagga - Business News | IOL Business

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/12/2013 - 16:25

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Hemp is increasingly emerging on the radar of businesses and farmers, says a partner in a hemp company.

Tony Budden, a partner with Duncan Parker in Hemporium, a company that imports hemp materials and then creates items out of these, said more and more farmers, from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, were expressing interest in hemp.

He said a number of companies were also interested in using hemp, which he described as a “zero waste” plant as all of it could be used.

Hemp, a fibre crop, is a member of the same family as dagga, which is illegal in South Africa.

Budden explained that Hemporium imported a number of hemp materials and that these were then used to create items and products.

He said Hemporium imported hemp:

- Fabrics from China.

- Building materials from the UK and France.

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