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Meet Carlotta, one of our hemp trial partners in Italy
“As a seed company, it’s important for our plants to grow to their best potential for germination rate and quality. The Nature’s Data system is a great tool for knowing what’s going on in our fields, ensuring growth is going well and acting on any growth...
Why is hemp good for the environment?
Every day there is a new warning from a scientist of a species near extinction, a story of a country on fire, a video of a community expelled from their home by flooding.
Meet Nico, one of our hemp farmers in Italy
"Once I learnt about this plant, I knew I had to try growing it on my farm"
We caught up with Nico Cruz to find out about his hemp journey, what inspired him to start growing hemp on his farm, and what he hopes to see...
Sustainable building: hempcrete houses
Sustainable building using hemp! Read this Nature’s Data blog to find out what hempcrete is, and how it can be used to create carbon-negative houses.
What is the difference between hemp and weed?
Let’s start with the basics. What is hemp exactly, and what is its relation to its infamous cousin, weed?
How difficult is it to get a licence to grow hemp in the UK?
Industrial hemp licence UK 101
Calling all first timers! For some, the prospect of applying for a hemp licence in the UK – or even thinking about applying for a licence – is enough to put them off the whole idea of growing hemp.But while it may not be easy, it’s not impossible....
10 uses of industrial hemp
We’re here to tell you that calling hemp a wonder plant is not an exaggeration. We repeat: not an exaggeration.
Meet Jamie, one of our hemp farmers
”What I love most about hemp is that it’s such a multi-faceted solution to so many of the major problems we’re facing globally”
Introducing one of our hemp farmers in the UK: Jamie Bartley. Jamie has been growing hemp since 2017 in Leicestershire. He works with a cooperative of other...
Why is hemp the best rotational crop for your farm?
Crop rotation is a practice that has been cultivated by farmers for centuries. It was farmers in the Waasland region (present-day Belgium) who first pioneered a four-field rotation in the early 16th century, and the British agriculturalist, Charles Townshend, who popularised the system in the early 18th. Yet crop rotation dwindled in developed nations in
Carbon sequestration and the ever-expanding carbon market
Carbon sequestration is set to be the next big thing in farming. What is carbon sequestration? It’s the long-term removal, capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide (C02) from the atmosphere: the chief cause of global warming. Today, there are a number of machines and inventions built to suck carbon from the air, to chunnel it