The small-but-mighty US Hemp Building Association has had an outsized impact on the emerging hemp building industry in the United States after only three years in existence.

Hemp fiber batt insulation will be made in Idaho with US-grown hemp thanks to a partnership inked in March between Hempitecture, Inc. and Benton, Montana-based IND Hemp, a decortication and processing company.

A natural builder has constructed a hempcrete wall on his Boulder, CO property hoping the project will be a destination for the hemp-curious who want to see hemp building materials in action.

Doors opened last month on a Pennsylvania home renovated with hemp grown by regional farmers, providing a showcase for the sustainability of hemp building materials in a circular economy.