Could dairy factories pivot to plant proteins?

In short, yes. With a little bit of help from arable farming, “the silent partner to sheep, beef and dairy“. Dr. Simon Loveday, an AgResearch senior scientist, recently asked this question at the American Dairy Science Association’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Some interesting observations and insights can be gained for those in hemp growing in …

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Digitising for Sustainability with Webtools Agriculture

Webtools Agriculture is a diverse team of tech enthusiasts and developers who provide tech consulting, custom software development, and off-the-shelf solutions. The NZHIA have been working with Webtools and SFF Futures on the Digitise for Sustainability project to help Hemp Growers, Contractors and Merchants. Webtools have created technology to help companies succeed in the highly regulated hemp …

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NZHIA Blog: The nutritional benefits of Hemp

Hemp Seeds contain only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, and are exceptionally nutritious and rich in healthy fats, protein, and various minerals. Our February 2021 iHemp Magazine is dedicated to hemp food and inside you’ll find recipes and helpful hints to add this superfood into your diet. Did you know? Hemp …

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NZHIA Presents – The Virtual Hemp Webinar Series 2020

The virtual hemp webinar series is an industrial hemp digital resource that includes knowledge and guidance from industry leaders, government officials, researchers, growers and manufacturers. The series is a collection of 11 episodes, with each webinar hosted by NZHIA Chairman Richard Barge. The panel of guest speakers present and the webinar concludes with a summary …

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Building with Hemp for a regenerative future

“Out of the ashes of the Christchurch earthquake rebuild rose a desire in me to change the inefficiencies in the building industry,” says Antoine Tane from Kohu Hemp, a builder with 10 years experience, whose father is an architect. “We have a program called Educate to Regenerate (www.kohuhemp.nz).  Where we plan to teach people everything …

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Retrofitting with Hempcrete

Laura and John reside in Eastern Bay of Plenty in a small town called Ōpōtiki.  They are borderline obsessed with hempcrete and growing a flourishing hemp industry. Two years ago, Laura attended New Zealand’s first hemp summit.  She was eager to meet like minded hemp lovers and learn more about building with hemp.  Unfortunately, hemp …

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New Zealand vs Australia: Hemp construction

Aussie is further down the hemp construction track than NZ. This shouldn’t be so, considering we had the same 2006 starting point. Klara Marosszeky (Managing Director of the Australian Hemp Masonry Company)  recounts: “I first became interested in hemp in 1999. At that time the NSW Department of Primary Industries position on hemp was “It’s …

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The Hemp Nog shown here is one recipe of many that you'll find in our 2021 Hemp Food Recipe Book.