Ever considered how your clothes affect the environment? All clothes are made of fibers, but how we buy, wash and discard them makes all the difference. Unfortunately, about 3% to 6.7% of carbon…
Delighted about the latest cotton t-shirt you bought? Here are three snippets of the t-shirt’s origin: Source Are you feeling as enthusiastic as before? No, right. The cotton industry poses huge downsides to…
Our history with textiles started 34,000 years ago with the fibre material flax fibre. And it’s no secret that a lot has changed over the last 34,000 years. Source The last 500 years…
Let’s take a look at the perceived hemp seed industry growth: Source Promising, right? The scenario isn’t much different in the Asia Pacific region. Source Thus, it’s clear the hemp market forecast appears…
Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/nFumIdf3IHE For a quick hemp textile industry overview, let’s start with some numbers. But numbers can be confusing. So, here’s something even better. Source What do you see here? It’s the plain…
Can you imagine a life without plastics? Perhaps not. Everything is made of plastic; from stuff on WHO’s model list of essential equipment – plastic-based surgical masks and respirators – to the device…
Before anything, a word on carbon taxes. Source Right, the UN is being vocal about the need for carbon-karma-accountability. We are in a time when carbon taxation or carbon pricing is used as…
Hemp: A natural fiber made from the Cannabis sativa plant is increasingly being used in fashion as a substitute for synthetic fibers. This is because biodegradable hemp is seen as a more sustainable…
Learn best practices for healthy soil and better oil with Steve Groff of Cedar Meadow Farm. Audio/Podcast Link: https://anchor.fm/hempfoundation/episodes/No-till–Hemp-Farming-CBD–Grain–Fiber-with-Steve-Groff-Episode-20-e1kpj2p About the Speaker Steve Groff and his family farm 200 acres of cover crops…
Alice is an exceptional leader in the hemp space with Kentucky Heritage Hemp. KHH has gone above and beyond to lead the industry with top notch and quality CBD for brands such as…
We wear clothing daily and it touches our largest organ of our bodies, our skin. In addition, our worn clothing goes through the wash almost weekly, and microfibers leak into our water supply.…