Hemp, a non-psychoactive member of the cannabis sativa species and sister plant to marijuana, has been used in Europe as a durable industrial material for decades. Popular as a construction material ...

KAHULUI–Imagine one day having the possibility of building a home on Maui using locally grown hemp. As a construction product, hemp has extraordinary qualities. Mixed with lime, water and volcanic ...

The use of hemp as a material is gaining speed across industries, including health and beauty, textiles, food and more. One of the industries that now utilizes it is in construction. Hemp can be used ...

The year 2020 marked a devastating time period for myriad reasons. Among the pantheon of pain was the immense damage brought on by natural disasters. In early 2021, the National Oceanic and ...

MORTON, MINN. – Eight-foot-tall stalks of hemp swayed in a field on the prairie here, ready for harvest. But these plants won’t get anyone high. Instead, they’ll be turned into hempcrete, a building ...

Like other Minnesota communities, the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Redwood County has struggled with high unemployment, a housing shortage and the need for a more diverse local economy. The ...

THREE RIVERS, Mich. (WOOD) — A West Michigan-based business working to build homes using hemp is receiving more than $15,000 from a state pitch contest. At the NextCycle Michigan Summer Showcase, an ...

FARGO, ND — At first glance, they look like identical houses rising up in the middle of the 300 Block of 10th Street North. Both are tall, vertical buildings, with matching diagonal roofs, a ...

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The Lower Sioux tribe is investing in hemp as a source of housing and revenue to hopefully sustain the tribe in the future. (Photo by Aaron Nesheim / Grist) This is your first of three free stories ...