[Oztrich Boy]

Point taken. And I've already pointed the problems with hemp

Jute it is

[TigersEye]

I was really hoping you had found us a fiber we could use. But from the link you supplied;

"For centuries, jute has been an integral part of the culture of East Bengal and some parts of West Bengal, precisely in the southwest of Bangladesh. Since the seventeenth century the British started trading in jute. During the reign of the British Empire jute was also used in the military. British jute barons grew rich processing jute and selling manufactured products made from jute. Dundee Jute Barons and the British East India Company set up many jute mills in Bengal and by 1895 jute industries in Bengal overtook the Scottish jute trade."

My God, man! Did Gandhi and his homies not suffer enough?

Maybe milkweed fiber.