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La Methode hemp yarn: color changes over time, with no repeatability
From Flemish hemp to fine spinning, Bruno Mocchi develops long-fiber garments while confronting repeatability, natural dyeing and market constraints
Why does Prato continue to attract designers from around the world?
Designers, companies and researchers come to Prato to develop new prototypes – Lottozero experiments with a distributed textile supply chain based on hemp, linen and silk
Hemp and textile recycling: Dell’Orco e Villani in the circular supply chain
In the Prato district, Dell’Orco e Villani develops technologies for textile recycling and hemp applications in construction and automotive, amid regulatory constraints and supply-chain challenges
Extracting CBD: from artisanal practice to industrial production
As the cannabis market expands, extraction technologies are moving towards scalable processes with a lower environmental impact. The case of Herbolea Biotech and solventless extraction
Potent Ponics – What is aquaponics and how it stands apart from other agricultural practices?
Potent Ponics weigh in on what makes aquaponics a sustainable solution in comparison to other agriculture practices and why it’s so suitable for hemp or cannabis cultivation
Hemp lime and hempcrete: green building and less CO2
The building industry consumes about forty percent of global energy: from Brittany to Italy, hemp lime could be help the green building sector
Hemp cultivation’s sustainable assets: neither pesticides or fertilizers required
Sustainable hemp cultivation: with sporadic irrigation and no use of pesticides or fertilizers, hemp takes care of itself
Hemp Stories: Steve Marais captures sustainable natural fibers
It's all about hemp: hemp garments and an entire hemp collection: Made in Italy, aiming to present a new ‘Made and Sourced in Italy’ sustainable project
LOVR™, hemp-based leather: Revoltech’s commitment to upcycling hemp residues
Founded by three friends, the German company Revoltech offers sustainable leather alternatives using hemp residues, contributing to a circular economy and winning multiple eco-awards
HempAge: The Evolution of Textile Hemp from Ceaușescu’s Romania to Germany
From Romania to Germany, Robert Hertel followed the last plants able to process hemp fiber, turning an industrial legacy into a European textile project
Phytoremediation in Puglia: new life for the land around the ILVA steelworks
The Cartanapa project, winner of a Regione Puglia call for proposals, receives half a hectare of land for the cultivation of Cannabis sativa to remediate the soil
Industrial hemp: where does decortication stand in Italy?
Processing centers and investment in machinery: where the potential of hemp cultivation stalls in Italy. Rachele Invernizzi of South Hemp: «We could have no competition»
Hemp and lime for green building
Renovation, historic preservation and energy efficiency. A natural combination recovered from the past, and the case for public support in Gilberto Barcella’s book
Rough paper from hemp textile scraps and paper waste
Muriel revives the tradition of paper made from hemp textile scraps and recovered materials, offering an alternative to conventional cellulose-based production
Hemp in cosmetics and sport: anti-inflammatory products based on hemp oil and CBD
Rewell produces hemp-based ointments and cosmetics – hemp oil and cannabidiol (CBD) have analgesic, anti-inflammatory, soothing and regenerating properties useful for athletes
Hemp Care brings hemp into cosmetics through an integrated short supply chain
Hemp oil from Italian cultivation is processed within a single production cycle: formulation, testing and packaging take place in the same departments, with no external stages
Hemp powder and biopolymers: the result is fabric
Napee, based in Pesaro, has developed a fabric for clothing and automotive applications by combining hemp-processing waste with organically derived polyols
Lampoon, the new issue, a tribute to the independent publishing: roughness and sustainability
The new issue of Lampoon is a tribute to independence: in publishing, music, and architecture. From Romain Laprade to Olivier Zham, from Joel Dicker to Caterina Barbieri, Mathis Chevalier, Isabelle...
Hemp: there is nothing to invent, only something not to forget
Renewing the memory of hemp by wearing it – a mosaic of Italian companies across four regions, from a jeans manufacturer in Molise to an atelier in Egna
Hemp, cannabis and Made in Italy: a supply chain across Abruzzo, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna
Italian production, international regulations, therapeutic uses and the recovery of abandoned land. Enecta, founded in the Netherlands by an Italian team, cultivates Cannabis in Italy. Founders Marco Cappiello and Jacopo...
What is a purpose-driven economy? Definition, meaning of each contemporary work
Running a business means giving profit to the owner and workers, as well as the community and the area where the business grows: purpose economy is a successful strategy for...
The SPARE project relaunches hemp in the EU for prefabricated and biobased materials
Prefabricated panels, composites and road signs: the European model aiming to make industrial hemp a competitive construction material, from cultivation to on-site assembly
Every H is always for Hemp – Maren Krings says it loud: it’s all about Hemp
Maren Krings’ book H is for Hemp investigates industrial hemp: phytoremediation, carbon sequestration, and its potential in sustainable manufacturing practices
Producing paper from hemp – the case of Hahnemühle using ancestry old process
Since its foundation, the company has been using spring water for the milling of their paper. Producing from hemp fiber doesn’t require bleaching or chloride
Exploring Hemp in Design: Yasmin Bawa abandons concrete for hempcrate
«When I abandoned concrete, I managed to find something that is the opposite: it is breathable, permeable, not toxic». Yasmin Bawa’s production from concrete to hempcrate
EIHA and the Green Deal: hemp as a driver of Europe’s bioeconomy
An alliance between farmers, businesses and institutions: the European Industrial Hemp Association – EIHA – positions hemp as a strategic resource for the Green Deal and European production sovereignty
Green building and industrial hemp in Italy: sustainability and supply-chain limits
Mario Catania explains how hemp can become a concrete resource for the ecological transition, combining industrial production, environmental sustainability and social development
Jungmaven – Why hemp clothing is more expensive than other fabrics on the market
Jungmaven is one of the first 100% hemp brands in Los Angeles: «We only need to grow about 50 acres of hemp» - says Robert Jungmann
Provoking Italian manufacturing as much as you can
Italian, natural, plant-based supply chain - from farm field to weaving: the transparency of Made in Italy that wants to be not just a label, but a value
100% female Hemp plants – the future is here
One of the most versatile and sustainable plant, hemp could explore mass production entry with NWG’s AMPLIFY hybrid trait fostering hemp populations with up to 100% female plants
Hemp Kamiko: Issey Miyake and the Japanese Craftsmanship
Under the creative direction of Satoshi Kondo, Issey Miyake pays tribute to the kamiko fabric tradition, made from fine hemp fibers and Japanese paper
Industrial hemp in Italy: a sustainable economy in a regulatory maze
Italy’s new industrial hemp laws redefine the plant’s limits and uses, amid demands for control, legal uncertainty and a sector that continues to call for clarity
Phytoremediation, Lagooning and Phytoextraction: hemp and the power of plants
Hemp as an ideal plant for phytoremediation projects for its tolerance to pollution and its versatility of use at the end of the phytoremediation process
QWSTION weaves hemp and abacá in Switzerland as alternatives to synthetic fibres
In 2026, QWSTION launches a hemp collection and continues developing Bananatex, a fabric made from banana plant fibre: two plant-based materials chosen to replace fossil-derived alternatives
Can hemp become a fragrance, or is it still just raw material?
Canapa N318 by LabSolue uses Cannabis sativa L. as an olfactory raw material, isolating terpenes through low-yield distillation and integrating them into a controlled formulation system
Ambra, a laboratory in Tuscany for hemp inflorescences and solvent-free extracts
Between Maremma and Siena, Ambra grew out of a laboratory integrating organic agriculture, chemical analysis and solvent-free cold processing of the hemp phytocomplex
Federcanapa and industrial hemp today: where does the Italian supply chain break?
A conversation with Beppe Croce, president of Federcanapa, on industrial hemp in Italy: how to cultivate and process it without a linear supply chain
What is the difference between sustainable and regenerative agriculture?
From regenerating contaminated soils to sustainable water management: hemp and regenerative agriculture, the RiqualifiCanapa project in Piedmont
Industrial hemp for food
Flour, oil and milk: hemp for food provides nutritional elements that are good for those who practice sports and for animal and livestock feed
Lampoon, rough: from rationalist architecture to sustainable hemp
Roughness according to Lampoon: Milan’s consistent, coherent architecture, the Italian hemp and natural-fibre supply chain, towards a sustainable textile industry
Manila Hemp is better known as Abaca Fiber: what is it?
The Sustainable Alternative to Glass Fiber: Manila Hemp (aka Abaca Fiber) - tensile strength, seawater resistance it’s willing to surpass hundreds of millions by 2030
Certifications of the hemp supply chain: limits and opportunities
In Italy, the hemp supply chain is promoted but not regulated, categorized and certified - blockchain may lead to a solution
What is ethical entrepreneurship? Definition and meaning for contemporary work
EEthical entrepreneurship: generating profit for owners and workers, while benefiting the community and territory where a company grows – hemp offers a new opportunity
Dolomiti Canapa and Canapalpino: mountain-grown hemp seeds for food
Hours of drying and cold pressing to preserve their properties: hemp from Dolomiti Canapa and Canapalpino, companies operating at around 400 meters above sea level
Can Italy return to linen? 100 hectares for the textile industry
Near Bergamo, in Astino, one of the many green fields framing the provincial road out of the city center appears anonymous, yet tells the story of a glorious textile past...
Fischbacher 1819 and Marcel Wanders: hemp, supply chains and textile processes
Ancient Memories is a textile collection presented by Fischbacher 1819, the Swiss textile company based in St. Gallen and active in furnishing fabrics; the project involves Marcel Wanders, Caterina Roppo...
