Idaho-based Hempitecture, Inc., hosted the grand opening of their non-woven hemp-based insulation materials factory last week in Jerome, ID with confetti, a ribbon cutting and celebration.

A civil engineering professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has invented a hemp-based load-bearing masonry block that has the potential to “greenify” the construction industry while also promoting a new agricultural crop for US farmers.

It was during a natural building workshop halfway around the world that I came to realize how close we are, yet how far we’ve strayed from building our own homes.

From Hemp Today: A Canadian hemp composite producer has received a $10 million (US $7.4 million) grant that will support development of a manufacturing facility to turn out products for the automotive, marine, wind energy and consumer products industries.

A new hemp building organization launched its website this week with a familiar face in a central leadership role.

A group of hemp builders will introduce audiences at the trendy SXSW conference and expo to hempcrete this year in March.

The publishers of HempBuildMag will release an all new guide to the international hemp building industry this month.

A Swedish real estate developer said it will build a net-zero carbon logistics center that combines insulation panels filled with hemp fiber and advanced solar energy infrastructure.

A big part of my intention is to create home designs that are timeless and elegant, yet practical and healthy for the occupants and the planet.

If hemp building products can shave off just a sliver of the annual $2.7 trillion U.S. building industry revenue, the industry can be brought to profitability and prices can lower to match those of conventional construction materials, advocates believe.