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We\u2019re taking the show on the road again. This week we\u2019ll hear interviews from my recent trip to Massachusetts, where I visited the Cape Cod Hemp House in Harwich, and the Hillside Center for Sustainable Living in Newburyport.

Michael Monteiro gave me a tour of his newly built 6,000-square-foot house.

\u201cIt may look like any other house here on the cape. We have cedar sidewall shingles on the house,\u201d he said. \u201cBut ... the house is actually insulated with a biobased material called hemp lime, or hempcrete. So behind these white walls, we have an insulation material that doesn\u2019t come from oil. It actually comes from a plant.\u201d

Monteiro worked with an architecture firm to design and build a house that looks like a normal cape house, but uses the latest technology in green building, which he explains in detail during the interview.

Then I drove up to the Hillside Center for Sustainable Living in Newburyport, where I met with local builder David Hall, a partner in the vertically integrated real estate and building firm Hall & Moskow.

Phase 3 of the Hillside Center is under construction now. It is billed as the largest industrial hempcrete project in North America, and when complete will be a 12-unit apartment complex.

\u201cWe set out 10 years ago to build a community here of very low carbon living,\u201d Hall said. \u201cWe have already built 30 units that meet passive house criteria and perform beautifully.

\u201cIt\u2019s not an exaggeration to say 1,300 watts, like a typical hair dryer, would heat the homes because that\u2019s what they consume. They\u2019re very tight, very successful,\u201d he said.

The walls of those first 30 units are made from concrete, which is extremely carbon intensive. But hempcrete has a much lower carbon footprint, which is why Hall & Moskow are using it in the next phase of the community.

You can hear all about both of these building projects on this week\u2019s show. Plus an interview with Lindsay the waitress at Persy's Place in North Plymouth.

The Hillside Center for Sustainable Living
http://www.hillsidecenterforsustainableliving.com/

The Cape Cod Hemp House
https://www.capecodhemphouse.com/

Persy\u2019s Place
https://persysplace.com/

News Nuggets
Hemp: I Can Tell Your Future, Just Look What\u2019s In Your Hand (Part 5/5)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthoban/2023/12/16/hemp-i-can-tell-your-future-just-look-whats-in-your-hand-part-55/

Some hemp with your wine? Study shows better soil, potentially flavors from intercropping
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/some-hemp-with-your-wine-study-shows-better-soil-potentially-flavors-from-intercropping/

Thanks to our Sponsors!

Mpactful Ventures
https://www.mpactfulventures.org/

IND HEMP
https://indhemp.com/

King\u2019s Agriseeds
https://kingsagriseeds.com/

Cornell Hemp
https://cals.cornell.edu/cornell-agritech/products-we-research/hemp

National Hemp Association
https://nationalhempassociation.org

Americhanvre Cast-Hemp
https://americhanvre.com/