Apparantly hemp is now being served to pets for dinner all around the world. The use of hemp in the pet industry has even been extended to bedding, leads and collars. Hemp product website Happy Planet now offers a range for pets due to an increased demand from consumers. CEO Thomas Cunliff supports the inclusion of hemp in animals’ diets due to its nutritional value and the limited impact that it has on the environment. Hemp crops require minimal water and no chemicals and are extremely hardy. When used for pet food the protein content is quite high making it a great substitute for meat. Cunliff says, ‘To make conventional pet foods, the grain is grown, then the grain is fed to cattle and chickens, then they are slaughtered and their by-products are processed into pet food. A lot of energy and waste goes into that.
The fibres of hemp are anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and highly durable making it great to use in collars, leads,beds and chew toys.
Happy Planet is a Queensland company making it even more sustainable to source your pets products from instead of buying from overseas.
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