It takes many years for trees to grow before they can be harvested for paper or wood, but hemp is ready for harvest in just 120 days after being planted. Forests, woodlands and tree crops require large tracts of land available in a few locations, while hemp does not require much space. Still according to hemp basics, harvesting hemp instead of trees would also eliminate erosion from logging, thus reducing topsoil loss and water pollution from soil runoff (Hemp Basics). Another way hemp beats trees is in quality. The quality of hemp paper is far superior to that made from trees. Hemp paper will last hundreds of years without degrading, can be recycled many more times than paper made from trees, and requires fewer toxic chemicals in the production process than paper made from