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USHBA in Tampa, Florida Kushcon Convention by Sendie Petit-Frere

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

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

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

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

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...