New Zealand Hemp Industries Association
Promoting the Economic, Environmental, Health and Social Benefits of the NZ Hemp Industry
Hemp pioneers Dave & Anne Jordan, founders of the HempFarm brand and grower program have taken industrial hemp to new highs in the quest to normalize the crop and all products made from it. Read about the addition of a decortication machine to their factory – the first and only one of its kind in …
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 …
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 …
Toby Ricketts is a keen DIY’er, he and his wife purchased some land in Mangonui, Northland, and decided to live on it, while they figured out how and where they were going to build their house. (He normally works in radio in a recording studio environment.) “Due to the lay of the land, the sunniest …
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