Our Hemp Story
The idea of American Hemp LLC was formed in 2009 and incorporated in 2010. American Hemp is a supplier of industrial hemp grown for bast fibers and hurd for animal bedding (horse, chicken, and small pets) and hempcrete.
American Hemp sees the necessity of cultivating the natural fiber crop industrial hemp, because of its ability to help create sustainable products for our everyday lives. Our expertise is in supply and supply chain management relating to the industrial hemp crop. We work globally with companies from around the world to provide hemp to our customers.
Hemp is a sustainable material that can be used to locally produce biodegradable textiles, paper, animal bedding (equine/horse, poultry (chicken), guinea pig, etc.) packaging materials, biocomposites, and construction materials (hempcrete, fiberboard, insulation, etc.).
Industrial hemp has one of the highest yields per acre of any natural fiber crop. The bast fibres produced are lightweight and have a high tensile strength. In 2014 Section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill allowed industrial hemp variety trials to be conducted in states where hemp was legal to cultivate. The number of states that allowed hemp cultivation rose from ~8 states in 2013 to ~28 states in 2017. The Farm Bill of 2018 passed with language that allows hemp to be treated as an agricultural commodity. Hemp varieties grown in other countries are grown with low or exempt, government regulated levels of THC.
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Textiles, Building materials Biocomposites, and Paper
Hurd (core):
Animal bedding (equine i.e. horse, chicken, and small animals like guinea pigs, rabbits, etc.) and Hempcrete