Tag: Naturally Sourced
Extracting CBD: from artisanal practice to industrial production
The value of cannabis no longer lies solely in the flower. Extracts obtained from the plant have become raw materials for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and other industrial applications, while oils, tinctures...
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 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
How do you milk a snail?
The great snail rush: ethical farming innovations and the cultural evolution that turned an unlikely ingredient into a cornerstone of the beauty industry
Phytoremediation in Puglia: new life for the land around the ILVA steelworks
Decree-Law 129/2021 recognized the Taranto S.I.N. (Site of National Interest) as an area facing a complex industrial crisis, although it had already been declared an area ‘at high risk of...
Rough paper from hemp textile scraps and paper waste
Today, the main raw material used to produce paper is cellulose, a molecule obtained from wood. Producing paper from cellulose comes at an environmental cost. Paper consumption is estimated to...
Milk can become textile: what a dairy does with a milk it cannot sell
Don’t cry over spilled milk. The story behind the idea of transforming food waste into fabric
Hemp in cosmetics and sport: anti-inflammatory products based on hemp oil and CBD
Rewell is an Italian company based in Pesaro that aims to improve athletes’ experience and performance through CBD and other herbal remedies for topical use. The hemp brand also makes...
Hemp Care brings hemp into cosmetics through an integrated short supply chain
A Grassobbio, in provincia di Bergamo, prodotti per viso, capelli e barba a partire da olio di canapa e ingredienti derivanti da agricoltura biologica – parla Ottaviano Allegrini
Getting high without getting drunk
Mixology, herbs, ritual and Eli Martinez Bello at YAPA’s fourth Liquid Dialogues chapter — Altered states that has nothing to do with the alcohol
Hemp, cannabis and Made in Italy: a supply chain across Abruzzo, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna
Italy still lacks a structured, extensive hemp supply chain encompassing every stage from harvesting and processing to commercial distribution. According to a study published in May 2020 in the Italian...
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...
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
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
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
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
Ninety-five percent water, five percent collagen: the jellyfish washing ashore as a textile
Salted, cross-linked, dyed with medieval egg yolk: researchers in the Netherlands, Japan and Israel are turning jellyfish collagen into fabric that behaves like skin because – structurally – it still is
Ambra, a laboratory in Tuscany for hemp inflorescences and solvent-free extracts
Ambra is a Tuscan laboratory integrating organic cultivation and analytical research on industrial hemp, with fields in Maremma and processing in Siena. It processes inflorescences through cold mechanical extraction, without...
Sea resources: Bysco’s naturally sourced textile fiber from mussel waste
Bysco developed a textile fiber that comes from mussel secretions. Its technical properties can allow the replacement of synthetic fibers like fiberglass and polyester
Federcanapa and industrial hemp today: where does the Italian supply chain break?
Federcanapa is a federation founded in 2016 that brings together agricultural businesses, processing companies, technicians and associations active in industrial hemp in Italy. It deals with regulatory issues, technical aspects...
What is the difference between sustainable and regenerative agriculture?
Sustainable agriculture can be defined as a set of practices that together aim to reduce the negative impact of cultivation, such as crop rotation, the use of natural fertilizers and...
Industrial hemp for food
A focus on hemp for human and animal diets, the market and regulations in the current Italian panorama
Primo Piano: a perfume inspired by the unfinished palace of Luisa Casati in Venice
Primo Piano transforms Palazzo Venier dei Leoni into an olfactory project built around tuberose, incense, leather accords, cultural memory, and twentieth-century Venetian lifestyle
All about Hemp: the textile industry, fabrics and yarns, uses and operations
The only vegetable textile fiber that can be sourced in Italy is hemp. Scutching and retting are the two critical agricultural steps in a supply chain that supplies material to...
Indian cotton varieties: some seeds forgotten for 40 years
Aditi Mayer's The Artisan Archive traces the revival of India's indigenous cotton, from 40-year-old seeds to artisan livelihoods, organic farming, and a more resilient fashion supply chain
Freia and therapeutic hemp: a growing industry without a supply chain behind it
When Freia Farmaceutici was founded in 2009, hemp did not yet have a defined place in the language of the Italian pharmaceutical industry. The plant was associated above all with...
Hemp cosmetics and rural architecture: the Canabetum experiment
Canabetum is an agricultural project founded by Marina De Benedetti in the Padua area, created as an extension of her family’s organic farm, Bio Agrigea. Hemp is at its center,...
From fields to bioreactors: hemp water retting
Maceration used to be done in water. Research is developing new smart and sustainable steeping methods: where we stand today
Hemp – why now is the best time to invest in the industry?
Canada is able to produce the raw material at a much lower cost than anywhere else, enabling them to see a larger profit market as a result
Natural binders: magnesium and potato starch make hemp products fully circular
Dutch designer and professor Jack Brandsma explains how the combination of hemp, water and natural binders allow the creation of a robust cement-like material
Hemp biocomposites: food packaging solutions using hemp biomass
An international team of scientists studies the valorization of hemp biocomposites, revealing its potential in developing sustainable food packaging solutions
Hemp Clothing Australia – Hemp clothing garments may last longer than any other materials
The medicinal properties of cannabis sativa – ‘hemp’ – have been overshadowed with marijuana. The possibilities of growing it are yet to be uncovered, due to legislation issues
How agriculture is reshaping professional haircare: the Davines Essential Haircare case
From Italian agricultural biodiversity to the European Regenerative Organic Center, Davines' Essential Haircare shows how cosmetic research increasingly connects farming, formulation and professional haircare
The link between hemp and female empowerment
Hemp cultivation as a form of female empowerment and womanity. The story of the European beguines and the hemp work that inspired the Sisters of the Valley
Do you need to apply for a license to grow hemp in New York?
A multidisciplinary team at Cornell collaborates to enhance hemp cultivation and resource sharing within the industry, backed by state funding and focused on research and education
The future of Ukraine: hemp can aid in reconstruction and sustainable growth
Exploring the potential of industrial hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) cultivation in Ukraine as a tool to improve the economy and support sustainable development in the aftermath of conflict
Carbon-negative innovation: the power of hemp fibers
Hemp and carbon – combining hemp fibers and carbon negative coconut biochar reduces drying shrinkage in recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), enhancing its overall performance A carbon negative crop – hemp,...
Hemp in animal feed: facts and fiction
Regulatory concerns arise with the integration of hemp in livestock nutrition. A promoter of sustainable agricultural practices? Scientific research results show C02 reduction
Why do horses like hemp too? Agricola Genesi in the Modena area
Agricola Genesi is an agricultural company founded in the province of Modena in 2018. It cultivates industrial hemp light indoors, using hydroponic growing in pots and controlled growing conditions. Its...
From seed to fiber: Assocanapa and the rebuilding of the hemp supply chain
Assocanapa is a company based in Carmagnola, Turin, founded in 1998 to promote industrial hemp cultivation and its supply chain in Italy. Operating as a seed company, it produces and...
Biology in the field: insects and microorganisms for sale to support agricultural production
Koppert operates in crop biocontrol, developing and distributing beneficial insects and microorganisms to manage pests and support plant growth. The company works in greenhouses and open fields, adapting protocols to...
