Read all about it! X-Hemp is Tasmania’s only hemp fibre processing mill. We are one of only a small handful of factories operating year-round in Australia, and the only 100% female-owned and run hemp facility in the world.
In 2013, Andi Lucas had the kind of year you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.
It was a sequence of events that would have broken most people, but it set Andi on a course that led to a whole new calling — one driven by climate crisis, empowering other women, and housing security.
"I started hearing about hempcrete buildings, and looking into environmental building products and carbon sequestration. Hemp does so many things that are great, you almost can’t believe it.”
Andi Lucas
Founder & Managing Director, X-Hemp
Tasmanian Andi Lucas discovered industrial hemp after a year of personal tragedy prompted her to search for a career which would allow her to make a difference.
She is now heavily involved in the Australian industrial hemp industry, which has been tipped to reach $10 million in annual gross value production by 2026.
She is the owner and operator of X-Hemp – a business converting industrial hemp crop waste into saleable products – and is currently President of the Tasmanian Hemp Association, which has been contracted by AgriFutures Australia and the Tasmanian Government to run industrial hemp variety trials in Tasmania.
