The trade association for hemp building in the United States announced a new slate of directors after members voted in an election that ended December 9.

Kansas-based South Bend Industrial Hemp, one of the leading hemp processors and growers in the United States, will open their fields to the hemp curious and host tours and a building workshop in July.

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 construction techniques for hemp insulation using spray, block and cast-in-place will be discussed by international and U.S. experts in Denver at the NoCo8 Hemp Expo in March, organizers announced.

The professional association representing the US hemp building industry moved forward to certify hemp and lime (hempcrete) insulation in US building codes this month.

Attendees at the U.S. Hemp Building Summit in Austin, Texas, last month got a sneak peek of some of the new products and services in the works in the hemp building and construction world for 2022.