BastCore

BastCore’s Farming Partnership Program describes a commitment to long-term strategic relationships with farming partners, producing sustainable raw materials at scale, and contributing to solving the U.S. emission rate.

BastCore offers its customers the adoption of sustainable practices that contribute positively to society and the environment. While providing transparency and traceability through the use of BastCore's utilization of Green Chemistry in their Processes.

Hemp fibers are used in textiles, paper, building materials and industrial products. Hurds are used in hempcrete, clothing, bedding, absorbents, particle board, ceiling panels and compost; bast fibers are classified as primary (line), secondary or tow.

The company’s transparency standard identifies each garment-making process and the locations of the farms, plants, factories and facilities involved. The company says it provides this transparency by visiting farming partners, manufacturers and mills.

Hemp farming uses little to no pesticides and little water; hemp can yield 250% more fiber than cotton and 600% more than flax on the same amount of land.

Jamestown settlers introduced hemp to colonial America in the early 1600s for rope, paper, and other fiber-based products; they even imposed fines on those who didn’t produce the crop themselves. U.S. presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp.

The July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

The whole hemp plant, from stalk to seed, can also be used to make fuel and feedstock. Hemp also grows super fast and can grow in almost any climate. For more specific applications, hemp can be divided into four categories:

BastCore’s broader fiber system may enable larger retailers to blend hemp with Climate Beneficial Wool and small mills to make regional yarns combining protein and cellulose fibers.

Since 2014, BastCore has developed hemp products from bast and hurd and expanded applications for the whole hemp plant in construction and textile industries, including woven and nonwoven applications.