Hemp seed
Cannabis sativa (food cultivars)
Food hemp is grown for low-THC seed. Hulled hearts are a nutty protein/fat food. This is not a CBD oil page and not a drug-cultivar page.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
Also called: hemp hearts, Hemp, hops-relative-cannabis-seed
What it is
Food hemp is grown for low-THC seed. Hulled hearts are a nutty protein/fat food. This is not a CBD oil page and not a drug-cultivar page.
Edible portions
- seeds
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. Annual; legal status of growing plants varies by jurisdiction
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Rich, well-drained
- Planting. Check law before planting. Dense tall annual.
- Harvest. When seed is hard; birds compete.
Preparation and culinary uses
- Sprinkle hulled hearts; hemp milk is a process
Nutrition and compounds
- Minerals (qualitative). magnesium, protein, zinc — look up current USDA FoodData Central entries for numbers.
AAA interpretation Food first. These associations explain why a plant shows up in a nutrient conversation — they are not a supplement shopping list.
Safety
- Growing and THC rules are legal questions. Hulled food seed from a grocery bag is the food-first path.
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- USDA FoodData Central — nutrient profiles for foods (verify current entries; this page does not invent milligrams)
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class A. Strong page: distinctive plant facts plus practical growing or kitchen use.