HempFlax plants 700 Ha. of industrial Hemp in Romania

This spring a new adventure will start for one of Holland’s finest new agricultural businesses. HempFlax will plant over 700 Ha. of industrial hemp on newly acquired fields in Romania. It is also here that the company that has been growing and processing hemp since 1994 in Oude Pekela (Groningen) has build a new hemp processing facility which will be Europe’s biggest once all the plans are realized. The total production of industrial hemp grown by HempFlax or ordered by the company is now little over 4000 Ha.

Moving to Romania doesn’t just mean finding new territory in the literal sense. It also means exploring the possibilities on a new part of the plant. Due to the climate in The Netherlands it hasn't been possible for the company to grow hemp for seeds and fibers alike. The dry autumn of Romania however ensures that dual cropping in the most literal way is possible. For this purpose HempFlax transformed a John Deere cropping machine in such a fashion that it is now possible to harvest both top and bottom of the plant. From the top come the seeds, from the stem the fibers.

Hemp seed is durable food in itself, it is rich with proteins and contains lots of other good nutrients. It is the only vegetable source for all good fatty acids known to nature. Once pressed into oil there are a lot of other purposes. Ranging from flavoring up a salad to cooking. It is even possible to run a diesel engine on it, but given its excellent healthy properties, this would be a complete waste.

Hemplax
HempFlax is Hollands biggest hemp company. It has been growing industrial hemp since 1994 and is known in the automobile industry for the car door panels it produces. If you drive a Mercedes of BMW there is big chance that your door is filled with one of their products. Besides these panels it also uses hemp tot make excellent insulation. A recent experiment of the company resulted in the realization of the first hempcrete house to be build in the Netherlands.    

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