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Opportunities for
micro-manufacturing
of bio-products from
industrial hemp fiber
Steven Kostell, MFA
Community Development
and Applied Economics
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Generating Sustainable Rural Economies
Transition Design
‘…the process that requires a vision, the integration of
knowledge, and the need to think and act at different
levels of scale, and that is highly contextual –
relationships, connections, and place’.
(Irwin, 2015, 238)
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- Requires a vision
- Integration of knowledge
- Think and act at different levels of scale
- Highly contextual
(Transition Design, Irwin, 2015)
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Industrial Hemp Fibers
• Diversified
• Value added
• Scalable
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• Processing
• Material Development
• Manufacturing
Photo credit, Fibershed, 2018
Hemp bio-fiber opportunities
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Fiber strains are able to produce upwards of 4,000 pounds
per acre of useful textile and cordage fibers.
Bast fiber is 12-20% of the dry weight of the plant. Strong,
long fibers converted to textile or high-quality paper.
Remaining woody core (hurd) can be turned into building
materials, bio-plastics and mulches.
Fibershed, 2018
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Hemp-based Biomaterials– Automotive Composites
– Fiber Insulation
– Hemp Board
– Hempcrete
– Absorbents
– Textiles
– Paper
– Bio Plastics
Images: Sunstrand Sustainable Materials
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Biomaterial
Opportunities
• Processing
• Material R&D
• Scaled
Manufacturing
• Flexible Production
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Processing at Scale
• Individual
• Community
• Industrial
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• Bastcore.com
• CannaSystems.ca
• Fibershed.com
• Formation-Ag.com
• HempInc.com
• Hemptrade.ca
• SunStrands.com
• 9fiber.com
• Bastcore.com
• CannaSystems.ca
• Fibershed.com
• Formation-Ag.com
• HempInc.com
• Hemptrade.ca
• SunStrands.com
• 9fiber.com