Here's your weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ended June 18, 2022.
Hempitecture, a Ketchum, Idaho-based company, will soon be manufacturing a non-toxic, no-VOC and more sustainable thermal insulation product for residential and commercial buildings. Once complete, Hempitecture’s 33,000 sq. ft. nonwovens plant will be the first hemp insulation designated facility in the U.S.
The idea for Hempitecture came to Mattie Mead, CEO and founder, when he was an undergraduate in architecture and environmental sciences at Hobart and William Smith Colleges nearly a decade ago.
In other news, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has again awarded
Medline the contract, valued at $150 million annually, to be the sole distributor of non-pharmaceutical medical supplies for the VA's Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy program. In service of CMOP enrolled veterans, Medline will continue to deliver more than 4.5 million supplies directly to veterans' homes, including incontinence, diabetes, wound care and enteral feeding supplies.