Building materials is one of the many Uses of Hemp. A new kind of building material has been developed in Colorado. It is made with 100 percent recyclables, and hemp is one of its ingredients. This new user-friendly and environmentally-friendly construction system was...
Last month’s AREDAY Summit (American Renewable Energy Day) in Colorado, left one attendee inspired to write a letter about the benefits of industrial hemp. Jackie Chenoweth of Carbondale, Colorado, attended the event with the goal of providing information about...
There are thousands of Uses of Hemp, but would you believe one of them is building an eco-friendly house out of hemp? Nick Voase, a farmer of East Yorkshire, did just that. Nick has been growing hemp on his farm since 2002, together with wheat. He has his own ...
Randall Ledford of Unicoi County, Tennessee, started growing this June. Where cows once roamed his fields, a hemp crop is growing strong, thanks to the 2014 Bill that allows farmers to grow industrial hemp. Although hemp is related to marijuana, (both being cannabis...
It is becoming a more common opinion that cannabis (marijuana) should be removed from the list of drugs included in the Controlled Substances Act of the United States. Many believe that criminal justice resources are being wasted on enforcing laws against the illegal...
Kentucky’s hemp industry is growing fast, and it’s getting the attention of licensed processors and investors. At a recent news conference in Lexington, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer revealed the numbers – there are 121 participants for hemp...
Over 1,000 people attended the 2nd annual NoCo Hemp Expo held in Loveland, Colorado, last weekend. The one-day event featured Many Uses of Hemp with more than 70 booth displays of hemp products such as clothing, accessories, skin care and beauty products, food and...
In 1997, Ruth Fahrbacht, also known as the ‘Hempstress,’ discovered the quality and durability of hemp, with the purchase of a hemp guitar strap. She never looked at hemp the same way again. Research taught her about the thousands of Uses of Hemp, and she...
The long list of the many Uses of Hemp is becoming more familiar to the general public, but who would have guessed that one day we might be adding airplanes to the list! A Canadian hemp-enthusiast, Derek Kesek, is building a four-seater plane made of at least 75%...
The State of Kentucky is one of the forerunners to embrace the newly legalised cultivation of hemp. Creating durable textiles is one the greatest Uses of Hemp and Kentucky is planning to do just that. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture and a Californian company,...
