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Tribal Nation Building Hempcrete Homes to Address Housing Shortage

Posted on August 13, 2024August 7, 2024 By bluecrabcrew

Non-hallucinogenic hemp can be used inexpensively for food, paper, textiles, medicine, fuel, animal feed, plastic substitute, skin care products  and more. And yet, in most places, it is either illegal to grow or it is tightly restricted.  Even so, the Lower Sioux Indian tribe of Morton, Minn., is using  hemp to build homes – an idea that could spread.

‘A roof over our people’s heads’: the Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/hempcrete-indigenous-tribe-minnesota


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