Last week’s sale of kenaf (a cousin plant to hemp in the hibiscus family) has definitely kicked Hemp, Inc.’s product sales into action. Schmitt says the company is currently negotiating a five-million-pound potential sale of raw kenaf. “We received a serious inquiry and price request for five million pounds of the raw kenaf we have on hand. If we finalize this sale, we could be looking at $1,250,000.”

Kenaf fiber, while great for oil-absorbent materials, can also be used to make end products such as paper, grass mats, fiberglass substitutes, fiber composites for the automotive industry, animal bedding, chicken litter, animal forage, particle board, potting soil, and more.

Schmitt went on to say, “We are in a very advantageous position because Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC is the only company in America with millions of pounds of kenaf on hand, ready to sell and we are the largest facility capable of outputting forty million pounds per year. Not to mention, we have 400 acres of kenaf planted this year, but if we sell more, we plan to increase this year’s planting from 400 acres to approximately 2,000 acres.”

Once the, now fully funded, North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission creates the guidelines for the cultivation of hemp, Hemp, Inc. will kick its hemp fiber sales into high gear and process massive quantities for distribution… an easy feat for the 70,000 square foot commercial multi-purpose industrial hemp decortication facility. Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. ( OTC : HEMP ) said, “Right now, we are focused on kenaf. That is what we are planting now. However, next year we expect to plant hemp.”

The raw kenaf is one of the company’s six initial products for sale. SpillSuck™, another one of the six products, is available for sale now. It is a super absorbent, environmentally friendly product made from the core of kenaf and hemp plants which is considered one of the world’s most absorbent natural materials. It’s generally used for oil, chemical and other liquid spills. It’s easy to handle and is thirty times more absorbent than clay. As mentioned in Hemp, Inc.’s previous press release, 25,000 pounds of SpillSuck™ are in the final stages of packaging. For more information on Hemp, Inc.’s SpillSuck™ or to read Hemp, Inc.’s previous press release, click here.

Another product made from the raw kenaf is Spill-Be-Gone. This is the exact same product as SpillSuck but packaged in 1,000-pound bags. This was designed to be used as an emergency response for oil spills in water that were not contained, and has washed up on shore such as the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on April 20, 2010. As the most absorbent plant on earth (based on a US Navel Study) kenaf works wonders in cleaning up shorelines and absorbing oil off birds and other animals.

David Schmitt said, “The last time we made this product in my previous company was during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We took roughly 2,000 pounds of it down to the Gulf in Louisiana. We couldn’t get through all the political red tape to demonstrate our product so we made a pile of it on the beach. It was totally amazing to watch all the birds and other small animals that were completely covered in oil walk in and through the pile of kenaf. And how easily it removed the oil from them. It was like they instinctively knew that this mound of kenaf would help save their lives.”