Hemp’s promise to heal a fragile world: Energy, food, housing, environment
By Steve Allin If the COVID-19 pandemic was, as U.N Secretary-General Antonio António Guterres said, “like an X-ray revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of…
Environmental
Certifying of carbon credits can advance hemp among Australian farmers
Hemp can play a vital role in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) in Australia, conserve precious water resources, improve soil quality, and provide farmers with valuable…
Accelerator backs German startup developing ‘critical link’ to capitalize on carbon
German startup HempConnect has been selected for an EU-backed program that helps early-stage carbon dioxide (CO2) removal initiatives realize their business potential. HempConnect is the…
‘The real opportunity in hemp is not in cultivation, it is in innovation’
INTERVIEW: An avid student and practitioner of innovative approaches to soil and water quality management, Joel Bedard has been involved in agriculture, natural resources, engineering…
Sardinia officials say new law will unlock potential of hemp sectors
A local law that achieved unanimous passage in Sardinia can play a strategic role in land reclamation through phytoremediation of polluted sites, and spark hemp-based construction,…
Italian project aims to clean up polluted land, turn out fiber products
An initiative in southern Italy aims to boost hemp growing to clean up polluted land while producing hemp stalks for processing into building materials and…
Hemp building association calls for overhaul of performance criteria
Current methods for measuring the energy performance of building materials are flawed, and give a false representation of overall performance, according to a recently released…
Limiting hemp production reduces chance of survival for all life
By Paul J. von Hartmann Legislation limiting industrial hemp in Oregon or anywhere else is a win for fossil fuels, nuclear energy and the military-industrial complex….
Ag secretary gives a nod to hemp in announcing $1 billion in climate grants
Hemp got U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s attention during a visit this week to Lincoln University, where he announced the federal government will…
‘Without a large unicorn, there’s no success for an investor to replicate’
INTERVIEW: Jesse Henry is CEO at Michigan-based Heartland Industries, a biotech startup that engineers hemp materials as additives for polymers to produce stronger, lighter, cheaper,…
