The Grassroots Party is for real change, for real democracy - an empowered, informed people gaining control of the government for our common future. We are dedicated to the principles for which the American Revolution was fought -our inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness . The Grassroots Party offers the vision, ideas, and solutions to these and other problems. Our permanent platform is the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the Vermont State Constitution . As a source of pulp for paper, one acre of hemp yields as much as four acres of trees.
Hemp seeds contain more highly digestible protein than soy beans.
Hemp appears to be the most efficient and practical way to produce bio-mass for processing into fuel which could dramatically diminish consumption of fossil fuels. Imagine a high-octane, clean methanol fuel for about 75 cents per gallon, and methane and charcoal to heat our homes and industrial plants. Imagine the implications of growing our own fuel. Energy independent foreign policy, no more war for oil. In textiles, paints, varnishes, and other industrial uses, hemp could free us from our over dependence on petrochemicals.