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The InForum Business Beat Podcast


Aug 13, 2022

We've seen hemp used in a variety of products like lotions and foodstuffs, but a Fargo company is promoting something different: hemp as a construction material.

The company, Grass Roots Development, recently built two tiny houses to help demonstrate and study the benefits of "hempcrete," a product made by mixing hemp fibers with lime and water. Hempcrete is about the consistency of chicken salad and was poured into forms to construct the walls of the houses. Once it cures, it will provide better energy efficiency and moisture control, the company claims.

Sydney Glup of Grass Roots Development joins the podcast to talk about hempcrete and what the company hopes to accomplish with their new demonstration.