Kansas Hemp House Debuts

A glimpse at local eco-innovation that might inspire us all to breath easier . . . And then make at-home munchies just a bit harder to control . . . Check-it: 

"To K-State’s knowledge, the Ogden project is the first time in Kansas that permits have been issued for a house insulated with hemp. The project is also poised to become the first or second Habitat for Humanity hemp-insulated house in the country . . .

"K-State architecture professor Michael Gibson said the low-energy home will help keep down electricity bills for whoever moves into it. And in just under two decades, the house will do something that a typical home never will — it will become carbon negative.

"This means the Ogden home will finish offsetting the emissions that were generated by building it, and it will continue to churn out enough green energy not just for the people living there, but also for others."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

This Kansas house being built with hemp is designed to keep down electricity bills

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's agriculture business grows hemp without irrigation, insecticides or plowing. Now its product is helping to build a home in Ogden.