Hemp Books by Paul Benhaim

• What hemp is, how it differs from drug cannabis, and why the THC line matters
• Ten thousand years of hemp history, with the myths taken out
• The main producing countries in 2026 and the regulatory shifts in Australia, the US, Thailand, India and the EU
• Where the US farm bill stands as of October 2026, and the latest USDA hemp figures
• Hemp foods and nutrition, and what the evidence does and doesn't support about health
• Fibre, paper, textiles, hempcrete, plastics, fuel and the 9 to 15 tonnes of CO2 per hectare question

For: Anyone new to hemp, and anyone who has to brief someone who is.

• Why the buyer comes before the seed, and how to build a farm around a real market
• Fibre, grain, dual-purpose and floral genetics, with named public varieties
• Day length and latitude, and why a good European variety can fail in Queensland
• Soil, sowing rates, weeds, pests and harvest timing, with rates experienced Australian growers use
• Decortication from large European lines to mobile units, and the processing-radius rule
• Worked grain and fibre economics, honest break-even points, and licensing in Australia, the US, Canada, the EU and the UK

For: Farmers, landholders and investors thinking about a first hemp crop, and growers who want their second season to pay better than their first.

• What hempcrete is (hurd, a lime-based binder and water) and why it behaves so differently from concrete
• Every way to build: cast in place, sprayed, blocks, prefabricated panels, floors, roofs, plasters and 3D printing
• How to judge hurd quality, and every main binder family and where each one fits
• Thermal, acoustic, moisture and fire performance, with the sources behind the figures
• Building codes country by country in 2026
• A step-by-step build sequence for a timber-framed hempcrete house, indicative costs, and the mistakes that ruin hemp walls

For: Owner-builders, architects, builders and certifiers, and anyone who wants a healthier house and wants to get it right the first time.

• What hemp contributes to a plastic, and which parts of the stalk do the work
• Bio-based, biodegradable and compostable, and why those labels get abused
• Every technology path, from fibre-reinforced and hurd-filled compounds to cellulose acetate and PHA
• How each route compares on cost with the fossil plastics it competes against
• Compounding, injection moulding, extrusion, thermoforming and 3D printing filament in practical terms
• The public story of The Hemp Plastic Company, including the hemp plastic chess set coming soon

For: Product designers, brand owners, plastics people curious about natural fibre, and founders who want to enter this industry without losing their shirt.

• How fibre crops are grown, and the four ways to ret hemp
• Decortication, scutching and degumming, and the real difference between long-line and cottonised hemp
• Spinning systems, yarn counts in plain language, blends, weaving and knitting
• Dyeing, finishing, GOTS and OEKO-TEX, and the claims you can and can't make
• The honest water and carbon numbers against cotton, and how to read a market report
• Fifteen countries, from China and France to Nepal, Pakistan and Australia, and where the margin sits

For: Fashion and textile brands, mill owners, investors and governments looking at a hemp fibre industry.

• What's in hemp seed oil, what the evidence says, and the comedogenic question
• Seed oil, CBD isolate, broad spectrum and full spectrum, and why the difference matters
• What's legal in Australia, the US, the EU, the UK, Canada and Japan in 2026
• Product categories, indicative margins, and how to work with a contract manufacturer
• Stability and shelf life, labels and claims, and the branding mistakes I've watched good companies make
• A worked start-up budget, real brand case studies, and four recipes to make at home

For: Anyone thinking about a skin care brand, and small makers ready to go from the kitchen to the shelf.

• Where paper came from, and why the earliest Chinese paper was made of hemp
• Which hemp paper stories are true and which aren't, including the Declaration of Independence
• A step-by-step guide to making hemp paper at home or in a small workshop
• How industrial mills pulp and bleach hemp, and why it ends up in cigarette papers, Bible paper and security papers
• Indicative pulp costs against wood, and what that gap means for your plans
• Hurd in packaging and moulded fibre, and how to start without building a mill first

For: Makers, teachers, packaging companies and anyone who has ever been told the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp.

• What Henry Ford and Rudolf Diesel actually said and did about plant fuels
• Burning hemp as bales, briquettes and pellets, and running hemp seed oil in a diesel engine
• Cellulosic ethanol, biogas, pyrolysis, biochar and gasification in plain words
• The 2013 hemp supercapacitor research, hydrogen, and sustainable aviation fuel
• Energy yields per hectare against corn, sugarcane, miscanthus and canola
• Carbon accounting with honest ranges, and policy in Europe, the US and Australia

For: Energy and agriculture people, students, and anyone who has heard the hemp fuel story and wants the real numbers.

• Hemp past, present and future, from farming and seed varieties to the plant's many uses
• Why hemp seed is such a complete food, how much to eat and how to store it
• Vitamins and minerals, food combining, cravings and the acid-alkaline balance
• Naturecure: water, breath, sleep, fasting and juicing
• Permaculture, the kitchen garden, yoga and simple daily meditations
• Around 200 hemp recipes: milks, butters, breads, soups, mains and desserts

For: Home cooks, plant-based eaters, and anyone who has bought a bag of hemp seeds and wondered what to do with it.

• How to break your fast gently, starting with lemon water and a liver cleanse
• Nut milk, the super energy juice, and live bread made from juice pulp
• Raw dips, crèmes, chutneys, sauerkraut, pickles and rejuvelac
• Live soups warmed in a blender, plus living nut loaf, curry, spaghetti and lasagne
• Raw sweet things: halva, fruit balls, ice-cream, chocolate and a celebration cake
• Where hemp seed and hemp oil fit into everyday living food, and the kitchen tools that make it easy

For: Raw and plant-based cooks, and anyone who wants more energy from what's on their plate.

• Full-page line art, landscape scenes printed on A4 pages
• The whole plant, from seed and bees to harvest and processing
• Clothes, houses, cars, packaging, toys and food made from hemp
• How hemp helps soil, carbon and the ocean
• Hemp around the world and through history
• Pages to design your own T-shirt and draw your own invention

For: Kids, families, teachers, and every hemp business that needs a gift for visitors.