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Hemp Construction, or Hempcrete, is much like concrete and is used mostly to form insulating walls. Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime's hemp construction product is called Batichanvre. It is mixed with strands of hemp to produce a lightweight, well insulating material. Forms … [Read More...]
Before pioneering the resurrection and orchestration of the comeback of natural hydraulic lime in the United States, many of you may not know that I enjoyed a previous life as a sailor for 10 years, living and sailing from France to San Francisco with my wife, Janis, and my two young children (a toddler and infant when we began) aboard our 42 ft sailboat Cowabunga. Author, journalist, and blogger Janis Couvreux, has now chronicled this period in her just released book, Sail Cowabunga! A Family’s Ten Years at Sea. You can discover it here!