The biggest attraction of hemp lime for me was its antimicrobial resiliency and how the material can regulate humidity in the built environment.

I was amazed to learn that hemp can be used to build healthy, comfortable homes, while strengthening our economy and farming industry, and benefit the Earth as a regenerative, carbon-sequestering, high-performance building material. With hemp-lime construction, we can build for legacy; multi-generational homes and buildings that last for centuries.

Hemp building materials serve the spaces where we live and work so well. They create environments that are healthy. They contribute to wellness for people who spend time in them. 

I have always been impressed with the performance potential of hemp buildings and the associated impacts on the wellbeing of people.

Hemp is versatile and can be used in many different applications. I am interested in how it outperforms conventional materials while also creating a cleaner, healthier and more ecologically sound future.

It is a large plus that this new growth industry can sustainably help people and the planet for years to come. Farmers can grow hemp in rotation with corn and soybeans, adding diversity to their farming operations and their soil.  We can have bio-friendly products such as packaging, plastics, building materials, clothes, protein, and animal bedding.

Hemp’s innate material qualities allow for elegant one stop solutions to building science problems the industry has struggled with for years including, dealing with moisture management, fire rated assemblies, IAQ, net carbon storing solutions, and continuous thermal boundary optimization.

Hemp has a great potential to become a cost-competitive natural building wall system compared to other natural building wall systems out there. It certainly has a better chance of doing that than most of the other styles of natural building.

 Exploiting agricultural commodities to capture and store the carbon in a useable fiber with the most incredibly sequestering commodity on this planet is important to Prairie PROducers

Hemp offers an incredible opportunity for society to move towards a natural 'back-to-the-land' way of living in harmony with nature. Hemp is initiating a resurgence in agriculture that is inspiring a new generation of farmers and entrepreneurs.