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We are proud to announce the arrival of our Fall/Winter 2018 line from Nomads Hempwear.  We discovered Nomads about 15 years ago as they share our fair trade manufacturing manufacturing facility … read more

Despite having the ugliest presidential campaign witnessed in our lifetime, 2016 may just go down in history as a very important year. This election could prove to be the tipping point for Cannabis r … read more

   The Hempest is proud to showcase one our best selling brands of Hemp Jackets and accessories from Hoodlamb Tailors. We started our partnership with Hoodlamb back in 2003 and were an integ … read more

The history of Hemp in China is a long and colorful one dating back thousands of years. The Chinese character for Hemp is one of the oldest in it's written language. The same character means Earth, … read more

The oldest known artifact of human industry is a piece of hemp fabric from Mesopotamia that dates back to 6000 BC. The word canvas comes from the word cannabis. Hemp was probably the first plant to … read more