Spinning a Budding Industry
(2022) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20221The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- The 2018 Farm Bill federally legalized industrial hemp in the United States following four years of state and tribal pilot programs. Industry actors have since been building a hemp industry from the ground up and have been met with many trials and tribulations that have been due to red tape policies, a lack of infrastructure, and broken supply chains. The weakest point in the supply chain is the processing stage as farmers and manufacturers have other crops and materials to choose from while processors exist almost exclusively for the purpose of the hemp industry.
This thesis was designed to uncover the reality that farmers, processors, and manufacturers face
in developing domestic hemp fiber supply chains through discussions with... (More) - The 2018 Farm Bill federally legalized industrial hemp in the United States following four years of state and tribal pilot programs. Industry actors have since been building a hemp industry from the ground up and have been met with many trials and tribulations that have been due to red tape policies, a lack of infrastructure, and broken supply chains. The weakest point in the supply chain is the processing stage as farmers and manufacturers have other crops and materials to choose from while processors exist almost exclusively for the purpose of the hemp industry.
This thesis was designed to uncover the reality that farmers, processors, and manufacturers face
in developing domestic hemp fiber supply chains through discussions with industry actors in
those occupations. The findings from these discussions were then analyzed through the lens of
transition theory and the multi-level perspective. It has been determined that the hemp industry
is not yet sufficiently developed in the United States to be a regime due to hindrances in
regulations and the availability of processing equipment. The hindrances are holding the
industry back from sufficiently developing the myriad of niche innovations that hold potential
to transform the textile industry, the building and construction industry, and the pulp and paper
industry. The trials and tribulations of building an industry from the ground up are many but there are as
many amazing initiatives taking place from actors inside and outside of the industry that want
to see industrial hemp become the crop that they believe it can be. (Less)
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- author
- Haneline, Jansen LU
- supervisor
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- Åke Thidell LU
- Beatrice Kogg LU
- organization
- alternative title
- An Investigation into the Barriers and Challenges Associated with Developing Domestic Hemp Fiber Supply Chain in the United States
- course
- IMEM01 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Hemp fiber, hemp hurd, supply chain development, textile industry, pulp and paper industry, building and construction industry, alternative natural materials, transition theory, multi-level perspective, American industry
- publication/series
- IIIEE Master Thesis
- report number
- 2022.16
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 9097532
- date added to LUP
- 2022-08-16 10:38:03
- date last changed
- 2022-08-16 10:38:03
@misc{9097532, abstract = {{The 2018 Farm Bill federally legalized industrial hemp in the United States following four years of state and tribal pilot programs. Industry actors have since been building a hemp industry from the ground up and have been met with many trials and tribulations that have been due to red tape policies, a lack of infrastructure, and broken supply chains. The weakest point in the supply chain is the processing stage as farmers and manufacturers have other crops and materials to choose from while processors exist almost exclusively for the purpose of the hemp industry. This thesis was designed to uncover the reality that farmers, processors, and manufacturers face in developing domestic hemp fiber supply chains through discussions with industry actors in those occupations. The findings from these discussions were then analyzed through the lens of transition theory and the multi-level perspective. It has been determined that the hemp industry is not yet sufficiently developed in the United States to be a regime due to hindrances in regulations and the availability of processing equipment. The hindrances are holding the industry back from sufficiently developing the myriad of niche innovations that hold potential to transform the textile industry, the building and construction industry, and the pulp and paper industry. The trials and tribulations of building an industry from the ground up are many but there are as many amazing initiatives taking place from actors inside and outside of the industry that want to see industrial hemp become the crop that they believe it can be.}}, author = {{Haneline, Jansen}}, issn = {{1401-9191}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, series = {{IIIEE Master Thesis}}, title = {{Spinning a Budding Industry}}, year = {{2022}}, }