
Himalayan Hemp
Samal, India



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Himalayan Hemp uses a cooperative model to preserve indigenous Himalayan cannabis hemp varieties, develop environmentally responsible products and services, and uplift village economies in the Himalayan region. Initial products include reusable hemp menstrual pads and N95 hemp respirator masks. They also offer hands-on hempcrete workshops to teach people how to make bricks, slabs, walls, and carbon negative natural buildings from a hemp biocomposite. Future products include Himalayan hemp fabrics, clothing, and accessories, hemp paper and stationery, edible hemp seeds, hemp seed oil, and hemp flour, animal fodder, and raw materials like hemp fiber, hurds, and stalks. They are developing a holistic community that includes a farmers cooperative, artisans cooperative, seed bank, not-for-profit research foundation, manufacturing and marketing company, and a healing center. Elected representatives from each of these units will be responsible for policy making and governance. Himalayan Hemp organizes menstrual awareness campaigns in rural schools to increase access to hemp sanitary pads.