HEMP PRODUCT: Shoes

SUB MARKETS: Textiles, Clothing, Fashion, Footwear

Day two of our 31 Days of Hemp campaign appeals to lovers of the outdoors and fashionable trendsetters alike: hemp footwear. While shoes are generally a combination product (i.e. different materials for the sole and adornments), hemp as a textile rivals cotton, linen [flax] and jute. Requiring far less water and chemical treatment to grow than cotton, hemp textiles make for long-lasting, breathable fashions that are also friendly on the environment.

Other great benefits of the fiber include:

• Strong / Durable
• Comfortable
• Absorbent
• Breathable
• Retains dyes
• Hypo-allergenic
• Course or soft blends
• Warm and cold weathers
• Resists mildew
• UV resistent

VENDORS / MANUFACTURERS:

• Vans (US)
• Sanuk (US)
• Reef (US)
• Wicked Hemp (US)
• Vibram (Italy)
• Adidas (Germany)
• Michael Kors (Global)

Want to see more production in the US and Kentucky? Sign the petition for Congress to remove industrial hemp from the Controlled Substance Act and support the 2015 Industrial Hemp Farming Act!