MORTON, MINN. – Eight-foot-tall stalks of hemp swayed in the in a field on the prairie here, ready for harvest. But these plants won’t get anyone high. Instead, they’ll be turned into hempcrete, a building material that members of the Lower Sioux Indian Community hope can solve a housing shortage. The Lower Sioux Community opened a $2.3 million f… MORTON, MINN. – Eight-foot-tall stalks of hemp swayed in the in a field on the prairie here, ready for harvest. But these plants won’t get anyone high. Instead, they’ll be turned into hempcrete, a building material that members of the Lower Sioux Indian Community hope can solve a housing shortage. The Lower Sioux Community opened a $2.3 million f… Read More
