Hemp grows fast and dense, yielding 3 tonnes of dry fibre per hectare. That's 3 x more than cotton (that takes 6 months) and 5 x times more than trees (that take 20 years). Space Cowboy is originally a term from Steve Miller, Jamiroquai and the Urban Dictionary (broadly meaning ‘a good mood’). And while a picker, grinner, lover, sinner, and a music player in the sun all sound like good potential hemp descriptives, Space Cowboy (in this blog's context) is supposed to demonstrate that hemp grows fast, fearless and dense. And more textile per mile means more land left wild. 

Like some kind of Shane or Calamity Jane, Hemp can ride into any town or space and clean it up, repairing damaged dirt, killing carbon, and smothering unwanted weeds. After being harvested for all of its goods (oils, proteins, and fibres) it leaves a space better than it found it, laying the way for peace, love and biodiversity.

But why do we need a Space Cowboy? Well, let’s not beat around the big green bush, any human outpost needs to produce food, clothes, and shelter - but with seven plus billion people all prospecting and taking up a lot of space - we must do it tactically, efficiently and economically. Hemp is the Lone Planter that can help us pilgrims start to make sustainable attainable, it can feed, house and clothe us all at less of an environmental cost than any of the competition. 

Hemp won’t ask for much in return; just a place to shoot, grow, and get over its persecuted past. So try on a Space Cowboy T-Shirt, or a some Rood Boot Socks and see how easy it is to do a line dance!