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 ...

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 ...

Foreverboard in Shafter, Califoria is producing what they're calling the next generation in drywall and two-by-fours. Instead of the traditional gypsum and timber, these construction materials are ...

A new roughly $30 million industrial hemp decortication line built by Montana-based, privately-owned oil seed and fiber company Ind Hemp represents the future of industrial hemp as a potential ...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo. "These homes are identical in blueprint, they're 13 by 23, with 12 ...

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JAMES ISLAND — As far as April Magill and Matt McQueen know, the building in their backyard is the first of its kind in South Carolina. From the outside, it looks completely ordinary. It’s the size of ...

FARGO — An experiment is underway in Fargo to see how a house made of hemp holds up compared to traditional construction materials. It is a small brown house being built near 10th Street and Third ...

Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP), a global leader on the forefront of the industrial hemp industry, is reporting that hempcrete was submitted as an appendix in the International Residential Codes (IRC) last ...

As more people explore the potential of hemp building materials, research studies are focusing on hempcrete’s performance as a construction material. Hempcrete is made by combining pulverized hemp ...

Can hemp building materials prevent dangerous crises such as the recent Surfside building collapse in Miami, or crumbling MICA homes in Ireland? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers believe ...

Hemp blocks are costlier than traditional building products, but they help address environmental issues and can shave 20 to 30 percent off a typical construction schedule. By Kevin Williams As ...