Hemp, a non-psychoactive member of the cannabis sativa species and sister plant to marijuana, has been used in Europe as a durable industrial material for decades. Popular as a construction material ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The more architects try building with hemp, the more they are won over by its incredible benefits for both homeowners and the ...

KAHULUI–Imagine one day having the possibility of building a home on Maui using locally grown hemp. As a construction product, hemp has extraordinary qualities. Mixed with lime, water and volcanic ...

JAMES ISLAND — As far as April Magill and Matt McQueen know, the building in their backyard is the first of its kind in South Carolina. From the outside, it looks completely ordinary. It’s the size of ...

Students from the Pratt Institute are teaming up with local community group Mothers on the Move to explore how hemp—a building material rarely used in housing—could help retrofit New York’s oldest ...

An industrial crop that was heavily restricted for nearly a century is returning to the construction sector as an approved ...

MORTON, MINN. – Eight-foot-tall stalks of hemp swayed in a field on the prairie here, ready for harvest. But these plants won’t get anyone high. Instead, they’ll be turned into hempcrete, a building ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THREE RIVERS, Mich. (WOOD) — A West Michigan-based business working to build homes using hemp is receiving more than $15,000 from ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: I'm Nina Moini. You're listening to Minnesota Now. And as always, we thank you for sharing your time with us. The Lower Sioux Indian Community ...

K-State architecture students tamp hempcrete into the cavities of a floor frame in Manhattan. The floor was later trucked to nearby Ogden. Kansas State University and Habitat for Humanity of the ...

Kate Nicklin and Graham Mateer, the directors of Commonbond Architects, an architectural firm in London, work in a self-built studio located in the garden behind their bungalow. Nicklin and Mateer had ...

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is one of the first hemp fiber processors in Kansas, and wants the investment to benefit both the tribe and the environment. The new products include insulation and ...