What’s at stake: The regulatory reforms for industrial hemp is expected to grow supply of the crop, which is slowly gaining acceptance as a sustainable building material.
The background: The number of hempcrete houses is tiny compared with other countries but education courses are attempting to change habits in the conservative building industry and new players are producing hempcrete, binders, and other building products as hemp fibre supplies increase.
The main players: Hemp Building Association, Rubscio, Kohu Hemp, Hemp Central.
Hemp Central founder Tanya Simmonds put the cart before the horse and, before she had any customers or supply from growers, bought a decorticator that separates harvested hemp stalks into the outer fibre and inner woody hurd.
The former paediatric nurse is focusing on producing hemp hurd as a
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Key points
What’s at stake: The regulatory reforms for industrial hemp is expected to grow supply of the crop, which is slowly gaining acceptance as a sustainable building material.
The background: The number of hempcrete houses is tiny compared with other countries but education courses are attempting to change habits in the conservative building industry and new players are producing hempcrete, binders, and other building products as hemp fibre supplies increase.
The main players: Hemp Building Association, Rubscio, Kohu Hemp, Hemp Central.
