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Bundles of natural sisal rope stacked closely together, showing coarse, tan fibers and rough texture.

Worker wearing a helmet stands at a production line handling piles of coconut fiber in an industrial facility in Conde, Bahia, Brazil, with large bales of fiber in the foreground.

Hemp production in the United States during World War II

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