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Textile hemp, from field to weaving: students in design explore sustainable textiles at Libeco

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Textile hemp, from field to weaving: students in design explore sustainable textiles at Libeco

Did you know that hemp and linen share many similarities? While these natural fibres each have their distinct characteristics, both offer remarkable potential for sustainable textiles. Recently, this ...

24 Oct 2024

Hemp4Circularity: joining forces to develop textile hemp cultivation

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Hemp4Circularity: joining forces to develop textile hemp cultivation

While textile hemp is proving to be a promising crop, its cultivation presents numerous challenges, some of which still need to be identified. In France and beyond, could joining forces be the key to ...

21 Oct 2024

Spotlight on Hemp: highlights from the 2024 Libramont Agricultural Fair

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Spotlight on Hemp: highlights from the 2024 Libramont Agricultural Fair

The Libramont Agricultural Fair, held every end of July in the Belgian town of Libramont, is the go-to event for farmers, bioengineers, agronomical companies, and institutions. This year, the fair onc...

23 Aug 2024

[Pictures & video]Long-fibre hemp harvest in Wallonia

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[Pictures & video]Long-fibre hemp harvest in Wallonia

On 6 August 2024, long-fibre hemp was harvested in Wallonia. Valbiom, Walloon partner of the Hemp4Circularity Interreg project, were present to supervised the event. Discover long-fibre hemp harvest i...

8 Aug 2024

Long-fibre hemp: what have we learned from the 2023 trials?

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Long-fibre hemp: what have we learned from the 2023 trials?

Textile hemp has made remarkable progress in recent years, including through the development of hemp harvesters for the textile sector. In 2023, the Hemp4Circularity project set up several field trial...

15 Jul 2024

Cross-border collaboration in developing textile hemp: key takeaways from the hemp4circularity biannual meeting

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Cross-border collaboration in developing textile hemp: key takeaways from the hemp4circularity biannual meeting

On 27 May, the Hemp4Circularity project brought its partners together in Paris for its bi-annual meeting. The event, hosted this time by the Flax and Hemp Alliance, highlighted the significant progres...

9 Jul 2024

Processing long-fibre hemp: demonstration of hemp weaving in Ghent

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Processing long-fibre hemp: demonstration of hemp weaving in Ghent

As long-fibre hemp demonstrates its potential for the sustainable textile market, the Hemp4Circularity project is making progress in understanding each stage of hemp cultivation, and now its processin...

16 May 2024

Hemp4Circularity: a promising journey in textile hemp cultivation and processing

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Hemp4Circularity: a promising journey in textile hemp cultivation and processing

When speaking of sustainable textile, hemp may be the fibre of the future. Diving into its potential, the Hemp4Circularity NWE Interreg project is conducting promising hemp cultivation and processing ...

22 Apr 2024

Hemp4Circularity joins the ECOSYSTEX community!

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Hemp4Circularity joins the ECOSYSTEX community!

Hemp4Circularity has joined ECOSYSTEX, the European Community of Practice for a Sustainable Textile Ecosystem. Formally established in early 2023, ECOSYSTEX now brings together 28 EU-funded member pro...

5 Mar 2024

Growing long-fibre textile hemp: advantages, characteristics and challenges

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Growing long-fibre textile hemp: advantages, characteristics and challenges

As part of the Interreg NWE Hemp4Circularity projet, which aims at implementing hemp in the textile value chain in North-West Europe, Lin et Chanvre Bio has realised a short explanatory video, to illu...

23 Feb 2024

Hemp4Circularity (H4C), driving forward the textile hemp industry in North-West Europe

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Hemp4Circularity (H4C), driving forward the textile hemp industry in North-West Europe

On 9 and 10 November, the Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp held its European Forum 2023 in Versailles. As part of the event, a round table on textile hemp put into perspective the opportunities...

23 Jan 2024

Hemp crop fact sheet

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Hemp crop fact sheet

As part of the Interreg NWE Hemp4Circularity project, which aims to implement long-fibre hemp in the European textile value chain, Valbiom and its partners have developed a hemp cultivation data sheet...

19 Jan 2024