Two South African companies say they will put the finishing touches on a seven-story building expansion constructed with hemp blocks later this year.

Hemporium and Afrimat Hemp, both of Cape Town, partnered to raise an existing conventional five-story building, 84 Harrington Street, to 12 stories by adding levels constructed with blocks from Afrimat Hemp.

In Bozeman, Mont., where winter often lasts into late spring, homeowners Mary and Richard Elston chose two off-the-shelf hemp building materials to create 12-inch highly insulated walls in their new 2,900 sq. foot home outside of town.

The pyramids are still standing, we can make toxin free bricks with hemp that will stand generations, 500 mile per hour winds and 9.2 earthquakes. This means homes can be passed down. Indigenous people will no longer be robbed of the opportunity of inheritance.