Grassroots Development built a hempcrete house and an identical conventional house for research. A year later, they've discovered some surprising results. The hempcrete house (right) and ...

ROCHESTER — On a January day hovering just above zero, there’s a peaceful stillness in the air of a new home in southeast Rochester. The home is about 60 degrees — with no heat on. It’s the walls, ...

ROCHESTER, Minn — Two years ago, we introduced you to Danny Desjarlais and the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Morton, Minnesota. The tribe was building homes on the reservation with hempcrete, which ...

FARGO, ND — At first glance, they look like identical houses rising up in the middle of the 300 Block of 10th Street North. Both are tall, vertical buildings, with matching diagonal roofs, a ...

The hempcrete duplex, constructed with a building material made of hemp, lime and water and built on the Lower Sioux Indian Community, will be used as emergency shelter for tribal members in need.

MORTON — There has been a buzz growing around hemp the last several years as loosening regulations in the United States have started to make it easier to grow, process and use the plant in a variety ...