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USHBA/USHBF – Member Update from the Board of Directors – 2022-09-02
On behalf of the USHBA/USHBF BOD, we would like to express our appreciation for the significant contributions that Jacob Waddell has made to the growth of the organization and look forward to working with him going forward. Continuity of leadership and communication...
USHBA in Tampa, Florida Kushcon Convention by Sendie Petit-Frere
There is strength in numbers as thousands participated in this 2-day event in Tampa, Florida, KushCon. KushCon is led by CEO John Lynch of Kush.com, a digital business-to-business marketplace for the cannabis industry. Lynch is currently moving its headquarters from...
USHBA Member of the Month: July – Janet Owen
The USHBA Member of Month for July is Janet Owen. Janet has been volunteering at the USHBA helping to coordinate the tech side for our virtual events: the USHBF Hemp Build 2021, USHBA Members Only Event 2022, and the USHBF Hemp Build 2022. She has also performed a...
USHBA Member of the Month: May – Adelaida Nunez Vazquez
The USHBA Member of the month for May is Adelaida Nunez Vazquez, also known as Addy. Addy is working to bring hemp building products to Puerto Rico(PR) by opening the first hemp manufacturing company there. Addy recently ran for the position of USHBA Communications...
USHBA Member of the Month: April – Jennifer Martin from Hempstone
Jennifer Martin has been part of the USHBA for longer than I have. Our paths first crossed in Idaho in 2019, like so many people in the hemp building industry. Since I became involved in the USHBA with the regional leaders group in the spring of 2020, Jennifer was a...
Hemp-lime IRC Proposal Recommended for Approval
This week in New York, the International Code Council (ICC) approved Hemp-lime (Hempcrete), Proposal_RB316-22 for the International Residential Code (IRC). This is the first step toward the ICC’s formal adoption of hempcrete as an officially recognized residential...