News and Events
This is our News and Events page, where we post State & Federal legislation updates for growing of Industrial Hemp in the USA and other news worthy events when they happen so check back from time to time to follow our progress.
29/1/13 Greg interviewed on Access Radio Taranaki about hemp coming to NZ
8/23/12 Energy Conservation News for Southwest Missouri writes about our Hempcrete
6/4/12 HB12-1099 passes in Colorado to study phytoremeidation
3/12/12 Jeffrey Head wrote an article in the LA Times about the Knapps Castle project
6/2/11 Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) authors SB 676 (California Industrial Hemp Farming Act)
5/5/11 Radio interview on NPR WCQS Interview
3/18/11 John Dvorak writes about building for West Coast Leaf
3/16/11 Smoky Mountain News about Lake Junaluska
01/22/11 Another article in Citizen Times: 1st Hemp House in USA
12/08/10 David talks live on WsRadio.com about Hempcrete
11/30/10 Gizmag article “House made of Hemp”
11/29/10 Article in Asheville Citizen Times about the 3rd Hemp House in North Carolina
11/09/10 Hemp Biofuel Blazes Competition
09/12/10 Hemp Houses are cutting edge of green building by USA Today
08/25/10 CNN runs a story of “a house built with hemp”
05/17/10 John Le (WLOS Channel 13) News on Hemp History Week!
03/20/10 John Dvorak has a great site about the history of Industrial Hemp: www.hempology.org
11/22/09 Front page Business Section of Citizen Times article
11/13/09 Started installation of Hemcrete on Town Mountain
10/10/09 A-B Tech workshop completed at their Enka Campus
7/24/09 Greg/David interviewed in WFAE 90.7FM NPR
6/26/09 Hemcore processing plant now part of our group
6/18/09 Hemp News Update featuring our new BRE hemp house
6/12/09 Article at Concrete Decor
5/31/09 WNCW radio 88.7FM interview with Greg & David
5/29/09 See the new BRE affordable home
5/11/09 CNBC news item "Hemp Wars"
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On April 2, 2009 Rep. Ron Paul introduced H.R. 1866, the "Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009," with ten original co-sponsors: Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
Click this link to goto the Vote Hemp website to read the relative legislation for your State
Another very interesting matrix of what is happening around the United States
What's happening around the World with Industrial Hemp