Hempcrete scores a perfect ‘O’ under ASTM fire testing in USA
Hempcrete’s perfect performance in recent fire resistance tests in the USA can help move the material one step closer to acceptance after samples put together…
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Indian startup takes top award in Asian Hemp Summit competition
Uttrakhand-based startup Gohemp Agroventures, which is developing hempcrete solutions for housing in India, took the top honor in this year’s Entrepreneur Rewards competition at the…
Call to arms from an unlikely hemp advocate: ‘Upset the status quo!’
By Pamela Bosch We’re at a time in history when the cannabis plant is being released from the lies and manipulations of people whose self-dealings…
With climate change, business as usual is not an option
By Steve Allin It’s not just “the times that are a changing.” This is not a time of normal change as in the seasons or…
A solid, traditional Welsh bungalow built from hempcrete
By Andi Lucas My visit to The Hemp Bungalow in the small town of Aberdare in the Welsh valleys began with my feeling that I…
Micro decorticator goes into production, and is now on sale
The HurdMaster Micro Decorticator, a small-scale fiber processing unit designed by Industrial Hemp Latvia (IHL) founder and entrepreneur Kristaps Eglitas, is now in production and…
UK farming union urges growing hemp for building materials
The UK’s National Farming Union (NFU) encourages British farmers to plant hemp for building materials in a new report that sets out a plan to…
Sales of micro-decorticator will support humanitarian projects
Industrial Hemp Latvia (IHL), developer of the HurdMaster MD1000 micro-decorticator, said it will sell the first three machines from its initial production run to customers…
Hemp building advocates in USA see a ‘perfect storm’
An international panel of global hemp building experts will address the U.S. Hemp Building Summit Oct. 24-25 in Ketchum, Idaho. The event is the first…
Hemp micro-decorticator unveiled by Latvian entrepreneur
The HurdMaster Micro Decorticator, a small-scale fiber processing unit designed by Latvian entrepreneur Kristaps Eglitas, was unveiled today at HempToday’s Hemp Machines & Technology Summit….