Central Oregon is putting Hemp in the News again this week with a new branch of architecture using hemp as a building supply: hempitecture.
In Central Oregon, there are farms covered in the newly-legal crop. Hemp is the non-psychoactive relative of the Cannabis sativa plant and it’s being grown widely in the US for CBD.
Historically, this plant had a far-removed reason for cultivation. From the very first arrivals in the new world, hemp was used for ropes, clothing and sails, until many of these things were replaced by cotton. During the second world war, the US government rallied for a short revival in the growing of hemp with the catch phrase “Hemp for Victory,” again using it for rope and even parachute rigging.
Bringing us to today, where we find that hemp is being rediscovered for its thousands of uses, one of these is hempcrete. Hemp hurd is made by removing fibres from the woody core of hemp. This material can then be used for a variety of different products, from paper to animal bedding and construction materials such as hempcrete.
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