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Thousands of homes are being built using plant-based materials that experts say would help reduce carbon emissions in the construction industry. Hemp was once a staple crop until it was made illegal in the 1920s because of its psychoactive cousin – cannabis. The woody core of the hemp’s stem can be processed into a solid, fireproof and breathable building material. Ian Wilkinson, the co-founder of FarmED, a West Oxfordshire-based not-for-profit farming education and research centre,…
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