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…
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Dun Agro will set up advanced, large-scale hemp processing facilities in Indiana
Dun Agro Hemp Group, Inc., the American corporation of the leading Dutch hemp company, said it will set up North American headquarters and build its…
IHBA Symposium will explore advanced solutions for hemp building
Delegates to this year’s International Hemp Building Symposium can see demonstrations of hemp decortication technology and hempcrete spraying during the 10th edition of the event,…
Modular system offers framed hempcrete panels for faster builds
A North Dakota company has developed a building system based on inter-connecting pre-fabricated panels for the construction of single-story homes. Homeland Hempcrete of Bismarck has…
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…
‘Explosive’ demand for hurd in Europe is bright signal for hemp building
A current supply crunch on hemp hurd in Europe, while a temporary inconvenience, signals a major shift forward for the hemp building sector and can…
Lack of rules hinders development in Morocco’s Rif, but co-op keeps building
The Moroccan government last year passed a law that could give impoverished farmers in the country’s Central Rif a chance to give up illegal cannabis…
Model home is blueprint for sustainable, affordable housing in India
A startup in India’s Uttarakhand state has completed a hemp-based home it hopes will serve as a model for the expansion of sustainable, affordable housing…
New book looks at 50 hemp building projects around the globe
A new book by hemp building pioneer Steve Allin takes a comprehensive overview of projects that showcase the use of hemp-based materials in architectural examples…
Pennsylvania study to look at life cycle of hemp building materials
A two-year study in Pennsylvania will look at the life cycle of hemp derived building materials from the field to the build by collecting plant…
