Amid the hurricane destruction, one building material demonstrated an important advantage in the aftermath of the storms: Hemp blocks produced by Cânhamor, also in Portugal, and used in the walls of a couple of renovated structures in the village.

In this episode of the Hemp Build Podcast, host Ray Kaderli is joined by Tim Callahan of Callahan Home Designs to discuss the landmark inclusion of hemp-lime (hempcrete) into the International Residential Code (IRC).

The Montana Department of Commerce has awarded a $35,000 Agritourism Grant to IND HEMP to fund the construction of a hemp-based, climate-smart storage and demonstration facility.

Whistle-blowing board members at a trade association for the US hemp building industry complained this week about irregularities in a board election and said that reported election results were unreliable. Winning candidates who had unpaid dues were stripped from the ballot after the election was over, whistleblowers said.

Ten years after the invention of a "Lego-style" interlocking hempcrete block captured the imagination of the hemp building world, the technology is making a comeback under a new name and a revamped business model.

The Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 7 presents an interview with Hempitecture’s Mattie Mead and Annie Ball discussing the history of hemp batt fiber insulation and how specifiers can achieve lower embodied carbon and more healthy spaces with a natural plant fiber instead of spray foam or mineral wool insulation.

In Episode 5 of the Hemp Build Podcast, host Ray Kaderli goes inside the Cleburne, Texas facility of CannaVision with CEO David Russell to show how industrial hemp is processed into consistent, construction-ready materials. You’ll see hemp bales fresh from the field, how fiber and woody core are separated, how materials are sized and refined, and how precision processing makes hemp suitable for real-world building applications—from hemp-lime (hempcrete) walls to plasters, insulation, and bio-composites.