YOUR INVITED TO A

Meeting to discuss the formation of an
Industrial Hemp Hub for the NSW Central West

When: Friday 22 November (11:00am and finish around 3:00pm)

Where: WSU Transition Hub (corner of Mort & Bridge Streets, Lithgow)

What: a two-part meeting to discuss:

what an Industrial Hemp Hub is and would do in the region (11:00-12:30pm)
an overview and feedback on known opportunities and interests in the Lithgow and Central Western Region (1:30-3:00pm).

Background

Who suggested this meeting?

John Muir is working with Ken Dodds as part of a new CRC-P (Cooperative Research Centre) funded by the Federal Government and REVOX (a private company with links to Melbourne University). They are looking at recycling materials to mix with hemp and identify ‘hubs’ within regional rural communities with enough like-minded individuals, who would be willing to share resources and experience to create working supply chains that grow and supply a range of industrial hemp products.

Why Lithgow?

Lithgow is now home to one of the larger public buildings constructed with hempcrete. It’s s a region where local government is highly focused on regional development (including agriculture) as the area transitions away from coal. This makes it potentially eligible for transition funding once the State Government releases its program of Transition Authorities for regions like ours.

Lithgow Transition Hub (Western Sydney University)

A series of workshops will be hosted in Lithgow in February as part of an academic research program aimed at generated a ‘social-license’ for growing and manufacturing products from industrial hemp. That program will be led by Prof Neil Perry (WSU) with Prof Louise Crabtree (WSU), Dr Stephen Heally (WSU) and Dr Michelle Zeibots (UTS).

This November meeting is being approached as an opportunity to scope the content, structure and discussion points for the more detailed workshops in February.

If you would like to attend, please contact:

Dr Michelle Zeibots MPIA CILT
Senior Lecturer (Transport)
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology
University of Technology Sydney
M. 0408 437 687
PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia

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