Tag: Natural Materials
From tapper to mill, the plot disappears: how natural rubber gets its paper trail back
Eighty-five percent of the world's natural rubber is tapped by smallholders, one tree at a time, and new EU rules now require every buyer to prove which plot the cut...
Hemp powder and biopolymers: the result is fabric
Alessandro Fabbri and Giuseppe Guido are the founders of Napee. Based in Pesaro, after years of research they developed a technical fabric that resembles leather but is plant-based. It can...
The SPARE project relaunches hemp in the EU for prefabricated and biobased materials
SPARE is a European project involving Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Styria and South Tyrol to work on transforming industrial hemp into a supply chain applicable to construction, prefabrication and other production...
EIHA and the Green Deal: hemp as a driver of Europe’s bioeconomy
In Brussels, industrial hemp is returning to the center of the political debate as a key resource for the European Green Deal. Within EIHA – the European Industrial Hemp Association...
Industrial hemp in Italy: a sustainable economy in a regulatory maze
Hemp in Italy is a strategic crop for agriculture and industry, but it lacks a stable regulatory framework. Between decrees restricting its uses and laws that fail to evolve, the...
What is ethical entrepreneurship? Definition and meaning for contemporary work
Ethical entrepreneurship is a productive and economic activity that adds to the primary aim of profit a complementary purpose: creating a benefit for the community and the territory to which...
Dolomiti Canapa and Canapalpino: mountain-grown hemp seeds for food
A few kilometers from Belluno, in the heart of the Dolomites, Elisa Colle runs Dolomiti Canapa, a farm founded in 2016. The village where she lives has just over sixty...
Hemp: reflections with author Paolo Ranalli
The paradox of hemp in Italy is that of a plant that was once a national excellence but failed to enter the modern market. At the beginning of the twentieth...
Industrial hemp in Puglia: how Canapuglia is rebuilding its supply chain
Canapuglia is a Puglia-based company founded by Claudio Natile in Conversano in 2011. It cultivates, processes and markets industrial hemp. Working with EU-certified varieties, it operates in the food, bio-based...
Textile hemp and industry: why cottonization remains on hold
Hemp can be spun without cottonization, following the long-fiber route and wet spinning, as with linen. This approach preserves the luster and strength characteristic of bast fibers – linen, hemp...
Hemp, a leading sustainable and zero-waste material
ANAB is an organization founded to develop and promote the principles of natural architecture in Italy. It brings together designers, researchers and technicians working on low-impact materials and the relationship...
Textile hemp in Italy: a broken supply chain between research and a lack of vision
Il miglioramento genetico della pianta con la Carmaleonte, la baby canapa e il complesso processo di filatura: tentativi per facilitare la lavorazione della fibra, la macerazione microbiologica e la trasformazione
Remediating soil with industrial hemp: how Green Valley turns waste into renewal
Green Valley is a project founded in 2017 in Roccasecca, in the province of Frosinone. It uses industrial hemp to remediate contaminated land and support the area’s agricultural recovery. Through...
Mogu joins Atrium: hemp and mycelium among emerging bio-based materials
Mogu is an Italian company developing mycelium-based materials for interior design and architecture. It emerged within the SQIM group from Maurizio Montalti’s research into fungal biofabrication. Its activities combine controlled...