An $8.4 million award from the US Department of Energy is back-on-track for Idaho’s Hempitecture, Inc., the company said. Things got complicated after the fourth quarter of 2024, when the company was told they won the award, administered through DOE's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), to build a hemp processing facility in eastern Tennessee. 

After a rocky couple of months, the U.S. Hemp Building Association has rebuilt its board and is moving forward with new initiatives, new board members say.

A rare opportunity for the natural building community has arrived in the Texas Hill Country: Saoirse Learning Center, a working hempcrete and natural materials campus on 9.71 acres in Blanco, TX, is on the market.

Oregon State University's Global Hemp Innovation Center brought together nine hemp construction companies and ten invited trainees in Corvallis this June for a five-day Train-the-Trainer Workshop focused on hemp-based building systems.

Supplies and construction techniques involving the use of hemp are now being pursued in experiments by a University of New Mexico Professor and a local business owner.