Over the past year, nine hemp-based building material manufacturers got the chance to take part in a program the US hemp industry has needed for a long time: the creation of standardized, third-party test data required by U.S. building codes and permitting agencies.

We’re sticking out our neck at HempBuild Mag and trying to predict what will happen in the wonderful and confusing hemp building industry  in the new year.

Idaho-based Hempitecture, Inc. are the recipients of a $1.1 M grant from the state of New York to develop and manufacture innovative bio-based insulation products using regionally grown industrial hemp fibers, the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.