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Morris Beegle

Official Trailer for Doc ‘Groundswell’ All About Rethinking Agriculture
Official Trailer for Doc ‘Groundswell’ All About Rethinking Agriculture Article

Official Trailer for Doc ‘Groundswell’ All About Rethinking Agriculture

"Farm by farm, we can actually heal the entire world." Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer for a documentary film titled simply Groundswell, arriving to watch streaming on Prime Video this June. This just premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival as a Special Screening – it's rare a documentary ever gets a good spot at this festival. Groundswell is the stirring final chapter of a groundbreaking documentary…
Morris Beegle
May 30, 2026
Report teases out hidden value in fibre
Report teases out hidden value in fibre Article

Report teases out hidden value in fibre

Enough fibre to fill 6600 shipping containers is produced by New Zealand every year, much of it exported as unprocessed product with its value-added potential unrealised, says CEO of Fashion and Textiles NZ Jacinta FitzGerald. Her organisation has headed up the first close examination and report on NZ’s fibre production sector, to get a better understanding of where the potential…
Morris Beegle
May 28, 2026
Startup raises £4m to scale up production of fungi and biomass panels
Startup raises £4m to scale up production of fungi and biomass panels Article

Startup raises £4m to scale up production of fungi and biomass panels

A female-founded Bristol company that launched with an insulated partition wall grown from fungi, agricultural and industrial waste, has secured £4m in funding to scale up production. It brings the total funding secured by Mykor, founded in 2021, to £7.5m, comprising £5.5m in equity investment and £2m in grant funding.
Morris Beegle
May 27, 2026
Major breakthrough for Eastern Cape hemp industry
Major breakthrough for Eastern Cape hemp industry Article

Major breakthrough for Eastern Cape hemp industry

A major breakthrough for the emerging hemp sector in the Eastern Cape has been achieved after local stakeholders successfully produced high-quality hemp fibre using existing South African cotton processing technology. The development is being hailed as a significant step forward and a monumental leap forward for the province’s agricultural and textile industries.
Morris Beegle
May 27, 2026
Programmed Mycelium Jackets
Programmed Mycelium Jackets Article

Programmed Mycelium Jackets

Vollebak constructed the Mycelium Jacket as a unique concept piece that explores what will become possible in the future, since mycelium is already being treated as a living system in speculative biology, architecture and computing. This fully lined, soft mycelium leather jacket has a form inspired by the iconic A-2 flight jacket, featuring double-layer front pockets, a zippered interior pocket…
Morris Beegle
May 26, 2026
Renewabuild Great Plains to build hempcrete blocks in Iowa
Renewabuild Great Plains to build hempcrete blocks in Iowa Article

Renewabuild Great Plains to build hempcrete blocks in Iowa

Renewabuild Great Plains plans to start building hempcrete blocks in Rock Valley. They are the first company to be producing these in the United States. “We’re excited, right. We're already talking to builders. I mean, there’s a lot of applications even in the commercial market, especially when you compare this block to the traditional CMU block,” said Bill Brehmer, president of…
Morris Beegle
May 26, 2026
Brazil: Experts call for increased THC limits in industrial hemp to better suit the tropical climate
Brazil: Experts call for increased THC limits in industrial hemp to better suit the tropical climate Article

Brazil: Experts call for increased THC limits in industrial hemp to better suit the tropical climate

The 0,3% THC limit for industrial hemp cultivation in Brazil is generating concern among industry experts. A Technical Note (No. 01/2026), recently published and jointly prepared by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), HempTech Brasil, and the Ficus Institute, warns that this parameter should not be considered a scientific dogma or a universal standard. The authors recommend that "the 0,3%…
Morris Beegle
May 24, 2026
US Industrial Hemp Fibre Enters India’s Textile Supply Chain Through New Partnership
US Industrial Hemp Fibre Enters India’s Textile Supply Chain Through New Partnership Article

US Industrial Hemp Fibre Enters India’s Textile Supply Chain Through New Partnership

US-based Panda Biotech has partnered with Culturewell Trading LLP to introduce industrial hemp fibre from the United States into India’s textile supply chain. This collaboration aims to meet the rising global demand for sustainable, traceable, and certified raw materials in textile manufacturing. As previously reported by Hemp Gazette, this initiative marks a significant step for US hemp in international markets, connecting growers…
Morris Beegle
May 23, 2026