The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp
Grist takes a closer look at how the Lower Sioux reservation will soon have the only facility to create hempcrete in the country.
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Grist takes a closer look at how the Lower Sioux reservation will soon have the only facility to create hempcrete in the country.
The Indigenous nation, one of the smallest in the country, will soon have the America's first and only facility to create hempcrete.
The Lower Sioux nation will soon have the only facility in the country that manufactures hempcrete.
The Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota is growing hemp to create hempcrete, which is used to build eco-friendly houses.
The hempcrete duplex, constructed with a building material made of hemp, lime and water and built on the Lower Sioux Indian Community, will be used as emergency shelter for tribal members in need.