Read the Yahoo news story on Paul McCartney farming hemp, with an interview with Peter Miles of eHempHouse.
Hemp, there and everywhere: Why Sir Paul McCartney is farming the latest trend
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Hemp is a plant that comes from the same species as cannibis.
Steven Putter, who heads our pilot farm in Africa, was recently interviewed on the BBC World Service talking about the SmartBox™ mobile hemp processing factory. Some talking points:
• The SmartBox™ encourages farmers to grow harvest process and sell more hemp products.
• The SmartBox™ addresses one of the two problems that African farmers have. Water and irrigation, and the lack of processing facilities. By bringing the SmartBox™ factory right into the cultivation area, power and hemp processing are right where they are needed.
• The SmartBox™ collects agricultural data to get a better overview for the farming community. It also acts as a CO2 sequestration meter, providing real-time data to the carbon markets and our partners.
• With all the environmentally friendly products that can be processed from hemp, the crop is a natural and organic way of creating a whole new decarbonized industrial base. This will drive environmentally sustainable development across Africa.
eHempHouse is proud to announce we've filed two new patents for our Smartbox™ hemp processing factory! This is a collaboration between our founder Andy Neal and many other talented folks.