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OSU partners with Native American tribes to explore making products and materials with hemp

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Hemp can be used for a variety of industrial applications, including for material used in home construction and insulation. The federal ban on growing hemp ended in 2018 when Congress legalized its production as an agricultural commodity. Oregon State University is collaborating with 13 tribal nations in Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho on this effort.

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OSU partners with Native American tribes to explore making products and materials with hemp

Earlier this month, Oregon State University received $10 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with a coalition of Native American tribes to explore opportunities to manufacture products and materials made from hemp. Some of those industrial applications include turning it into carbon for use inside energy storage devices, processing hemp fiber for use in car door panels and floorboards and mixing the interior part of the stalk…

30 days ago·Portland, United States

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