Our Philosophy

At Hallelujah Hemp Company, we believe that the health of the soil, the health of the plants, and the health of the people are all interconnected.

That's why we are committed to using only natural and organic methods to grow our industrial grade hemp, and to promoting healthy eating and living habits to our customers.

More and more people are taking control of their health decisions and incorporating things like natural hemp alternatives in their daily lives. That's why we believe health plus lifestyle equals healthstyle.

Hemp Stories

Henry Ford Hemp-Mobile

Until the mid-1900s, industrial hemp flourished in the United States.

In 1942, Henry Ford demonstrated the practicality of industrial hemp by building an experimental car body made from hemp fiber, which is 10 times stronger than steel. While it’s important to look back on the history of hemp, what excites us at Hallelujah Hemp Company is what the future holds for this agricultural commodity.

Ford recognized the utility of the hemp plant. He constructed a car of resin stiffened hemp fiber, and even ran the car on ethanol made from hemp. Ford knew that hemp could produce vast economic resources if widely cultivated.

Henry Ford designed the Model T, it was his expectation that ethanol, made from renewable biological materials, would be a major automobile fuel. However, gasoline emerged as the dominant transportation fuel in the early twentieth century because of the ease of operation of gasoline engines with the materials then available for engine construction, a growing supply of cheaper petroleum from oil field discoveries

Hemp at Mt. Vernon

Of all the unlikely adjectives you could assign to America's first President George Washington, perhaps the most unforeseen of all would be hemp aficionado. However, it's true, and Washington used to grow fields of hemp back at his residence at Mt. Vernon in Virginia. Hemp was a very profitable crop in those days due to its widespread commercial use, and Washington chose to grow hemp instead of tobacco. Washington was so infatuated with hemp that he frequently wrote about it in his diary, and he spent time picking out the best seeds possible while trying to get his fellow farmers to grow some, too.

A true connoisseur, Washington wrote about the different varieties of hemp available at the time, including hemp from New Zealand and India, in addition to domestically produced hemp. Still, there is no evidence that Washington ever sought to harvest marijuana on his farm, and there is definitely no indication he ever used the plant for its psychoactive effects.

Hemp production eventually died out on Mt. Vernon, though it has recently made a comeback. Beginning in 2018, horticulturalists began reintroducing the hemp plant back to Mt. Vernon to be used for various products. President Washington might not be overlooking the operation anymore, but at least the cannabis plant has been returned to his home on Mt. Vernon.

“Sowing Hempseed” Meant You Were Heading For The Hangman’s Noose

In early America, hemp was the number one source of commercial fiber. The world's great navies relied on hemp cultivation for ropes and sails. Another use for all that rope was hanging people, which led to many expressions relating hemp to executions.

A hangman's noose was called a "hempen collar" and a person who had been hanged had died of “hempen fever." A vigilante lynch mob was sometimes called a "hemp committee" and a woman whose husband had been hanged was known as a "hempen widow." Someone whose life decisions were heading them down a criminal path was said to be "sowing hempseed"—planting the seeds of their own demise. Indeed, prisoners and slaves were often put to work breaking and preparing hemp plants to be made into rope, and sometimes that very rope would then be used to execute them and their fellows.

More about Hemp...

Hemp has existed for thousands of years. How is it that a diverse plant with a plethora of benefits is so misunderstood in the world today? The history of hemp tells the undisclosed story of this herb’s origins.

Although it forms part of the cannabis family, hemp is primarily cultivated and consumed for its fibers and medicinal properties. The benefits weren’t always this transparent. The crop went from being notably useful to being propagated as a harmful drug.

Despite its unfortunate reputation, growers never gave up cultivating hemp or weed during the prohibition. Now that it’s legal in certain regions, you have the luxury of choosing between varieties like feminized, auto-flowering, or fast version seeds.