by Mandi Kerr | Dec 30, 2022 | GHA Articles
Biofuels are an important addition to the energy sector. Oil and gas are under greater scrutiny from governments and consumers because of their large carbon footprint. According to the Global Carbon Project, fossil fuel emissions will hit a record high in 2022 of 4.6...
by Mandi Kerr | Dec 19, 2022 | GHA Articles
by Mandi Kerr | Dec 19, 2022 | GHA Articles
The amount of plastic thrown away daily is staggering. In the US alone we toss 110,000 pounds of plastic into trash bins, alongside the road, or into water – daily. Let me repeat that – 110,000 pounds every day – 365 days a year. None of this plastic EVER goes...
by Mandi Kerr | Dec 11, 2022 | Articles, GHA Articles, News
By Rachael Carlevale With a common mission of providing healthful, eco-friendly and socially responsible products to consumers, hemp companies often have philanthropy engrained in their brands’ DNA. Given that, the industry is well positioned to play a lead role in...
by Mandi Kerr | Nov 24, 2022 | GHA Articles
Projects start because there’s a problem to solve. In the case of industrial hemp, there wasn’t any national database for farmers to access. Farmers make decisions based on yield, ease of production, profitability, and how a new crop will fit into their existing farm...
by Mandi Kerr | Nov 6, 2022 | GHA Articles
Interested in growing hemp next year? Here are the first 7 questions you need to ask. They’ll give you the information you need to make an informed and profitable decision. The 2018 Farm Bill made industrial hemp legal under federal law. But your state hemp program...
by Mandi Kerr | Oct 24, 2022 | GHA Articles
In September 2022 hemp took a huge step toward being used in building in the United States. Hempcrete has been approved by the International Code Council (ICC) in the appendix for the 2024 International Residential Code governing building codes in 49 of the 50...
by Mandi Kerr | Oct 14, 2022 | GHA Articles
When hemp has been made into a hemp-lime composite it is extremely fire resistant. If fact, hempcrete scored a perfect 0 in analysis carried out by ASTM, the international standards organization. It didn’t catch fire under any ASTM fire tests. But… Hemp, prior to...
by Mandi Kerr | Oct 14, 2022 | GHA Articles
In September 2022 hemp took a huge step toward being used in building in the United States. Hempcrete has been approved by the International Code Council (ICC) to in the appendix for the 2024 International Residential Code governing building codes in 49 of the 50...
by Mandi Kerr | Oct 14, 2022 | GHA Articles
What is one of the biggest issues for fiber hemp growers? Getting quality seed with genetics suitable for their growing region and end use. The Global Hemp Association (GHA) in partnership with Friends of Hemp (FoH) is addressing the genetics issue by conducting fiber...
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