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Toxin-free Hempcrete Cottage with Noralinda Ureste - Project Tour

Join Nora's journey to help us all find a path to detox from the toxins in our homes. She is taking action on her passion by building with toxin-free hemp in Dripping Spring, Texas. The development is focused on helping guests detox from their homes and find a pathway to build their own homes that don't have the toxins found in many common construction materials.

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Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 4: Why This Hemp-Based Flooring Has ZERO VOCs (And Why That Matters for Your Health)

What if your flooring could be harder than hardwood, healthier for your family, and better for the planet—all at the same time? In this episode of the Hemp Build Podcast, host Ray Kaderli sits down with Greg Wilson, founder of HempWood, to explore how agricultural hemp is being transformed into high-performance flooring, cabinetry, and architectural panels—without the toxic chemicals found in most conventional building products.

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Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 3: Inside a Hempcrete Engineer’s Playbook

What does it actually take to engineer a hempcrete building that passes inspections, performs structurally, and holds up over time? In this episode of the Hemp Build Podcast, host Ray Kaderli sits down with Mark Benjamin, founder of Crown Jade Design & Engineering in Colorado, to talk candidly about the realities of engineering hemp-based buildings in the U.S.

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Hemp Build Podcast: Ep. 01 Designing & Building Healthy Hemp Homes

Architect David Milburn, builder Eric Milburn, and carpenter/framer Tanner Bowman discuss how hemp-lime assemblies interface with conventional framing, how early-stage collaboration reduces risk, and how natural materials can improve building durability, indoor environmental quality, energy performance, and life-cycle carbon outcomes.

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Watch: Hempcrete Project Tour with Tim White

Join Tim White, founding contributor, of ‪@HempBuildSchoolMastermind‬, and founder, Ray Kaderli as they tour his job site discussing innovation in natural building, the use of hemplime/hempcrete, and slip forms that make the work more efficient. Tim has been in the natural building space and has built an expertise that makes him a go-to expert for training, consulting, and project delivery. As hemplime/hempcrete makes it's way into mainstream construction, both Tim and Ray are eager to participate in developments that take advantage of what this building material can offer.

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Watch: Georgia HempBLOCK Home Under Construction

Join ‪@HempBuildSchoolMastermind‬ founder, Ray Kaderli, on a project tour with owner/builder Keith Bien. Keith has been incubating this project for several years and his dreams are now becoming a reality. Learn from him as he enthusiastically shares from his experience from design, to finance, the actual build. Keith is an active influence in the market and a valued contributor to The Hemp Build School Community and Mastermind.

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Watch: Hempcrete ADU in Austin, TX

The home building community is buzzing about the growing popularity of ADUs - Accessory Dwelling Units. Many municipalities, and even entire states, are fast-tracking plans, and removing roadblocks to make way for these building projects that play a key role in the future of housing in America. This ADU in Austin, TX has a unique feature in that it is made with industrial hemp as a key innovation by using hempcrete as the insulation. Ray Kaderli with www.HempBuildSchool.com joins Carl Gradek with www.gradekcontracting.com for a job site tour of this innovative ADU project.

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