Hemp oil, hemp clothing, hemp skin care, hemp sheets, hemp seeds, hemp protein. Hemp is trendy, even here in Australia. But this wasn’t always the case.
The Margaret River Hemp Co has been pioneering the Australian hemp industry since it opened its retail doors in 1995. The family-owned and run business has Australia's largest hemp clothing range and makes and sells its own range of hemp seed oil skin care, including products for men as well as women.
Hemp oil, hemp clothing, hemp skin care, hemp sheets, hemp seeds, hemp protein. Hemp is trendy, even here in Australia. But this wasn’t always the case.
Margaret River Hemp Co’s Georgina Wilkinson on the changing perceptions of hemp
WRITTEN BY JOSIE TUTTY
‘Can I smoke my shirt after I’ve worn it?’ ‘Drug dealers wear this stuff.’ These were the kinds of comments Georgina Wilkinson faced when she first opened Margaret River Hemp Co 24 years ago. Thankfully, a lot has changed since those early days, when hemp was a seriously misunderstood plant.
Hemp it up with Margaret River Hemp Co - Georgina Wilkinson
WRITTEN BY Banana Talk
So excited to chat with Principal consultant of Freshlead Analytics, Rhys Cohen as he joins Banana Talk to discuss the release of the Freshleaf Q1 2020 market report launching at @Acannabis_event.
Building the Hemp Industry - Expanding Australian Hemp Products
WRITTEN BY storednaturally
If there is one thing that we've all learnt from the global pandemic it's that we need to go local and be resourceful. That's exactly what Georgina Wilkinson and Gary Rogers from Margaret River Hemp Company and Hemp Homes Australia in Western Austalia have been doing for years.
Western Australia’s first hemp home has been completed in Margaret River, as its builder revealed he has another three hemp building projects underway in the south west.
Early investment in production and processing facilities is critical to the growth of hemp businesses in Western Australia, according to proponents of the versatile plant.
ENTREPRENEURS, innovators and creatives wanting to take their business idea to the next level took the stage to pitch to more than 100 investors and collaborators at the recent Regional Innovation Showcase.
“Bane of my life”: How Facebook’s hemp ban is holding back an industry
written BY MATTHEW ELMAS
Natalie Moubarak has sold more than 100,000 bottles of her signature hemp water since launching last year.
But when it comes to getting the word out about her products on the largest social media platform in the world, Facebook, the 32-year-old founder is left with few options.
House of hemp: Growers call for a processing plant in WA to supply building industry
written BY Roxanne Taylor
Construction of the first hemp house in WA has just been completed, sparking calls to build a local processing plant so local farmers can supply the building industry.
The hemp plant's woody stem is shredded, mixed with a lime render and tampered into place inside a timber frame.
The owners of a HempCrete house in Witchcliffe, in the Margaret River region in WA, had never heard of the building material until their daughter went to a talk about it. Now they said they would always build another hemp house with Hemp Homes Australia.
On the hemp trail: Boheco's attempt to build a new narrative around cannabis
WRITTEN BY RUCHIKA SHAH
It was on a road trip to Australia with his family in 2010 that Jahan Peston Jamas, one of the seven co-founders of startup Boheco, realised the potential of hemp.
Could Hempcrete be the next big sustainable building material?
written BY Geraldine Chua
Industrial hemp is a variety of the Cannabis Sativa plant, but unlike its marijuana relative, hemp has long been valued for its fiber content, strength and versatility – features that have caught the attention of builders, architects and manufacturers worldwide.
Margaret River Hemp Co honours the traditional owners of this land, the Wadandi (Saltwater)people, and their elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the Wadandi people’s 60,000 year custodianship of this special place, and we thank them for generously sharing with us their immensely deep culture knowledge and connection to the land.
