Bringing Hemp Home

Join Mandi Kerr and Linda Royal, on this episode of Moving ^HEMP Forward. Linda Royal, Filmmaker: Linda has directed, produced, and edited documentary films including “Love Lived on Death Row.” “STRAWS” and “Bringing It Home” a 2013 award-winning documentary about industrial hemp she co-directed with cinematographer Blaire Johnson. Her films have reached audiences worldwide through film festivals, educational distribution, community screenings, corporate offices, and in-flight entertainment. She has partnered with numerous organizations for impact campaigns including Vote Hemp and the Hemp Industries Association to advocate for policy change. In 2020 she completed the Certificate in Healthy Materials and Sustainable Buildings from Parsons School of Design and her and her husband are building a hempcrete studio/garage in Ashe County North Carolina. For this morning, they’ll talk about: • Their documentary film "Bringing It Home" why they made it, the success it had • Story about Hebah Saddique watching with her Mom • The need to educate more Americans about all of industrial hemp's uses (seed & fiber) to help support domestic supply chains & manufacturing (look at our import problems now) • Why Linda is passionate about hemp lime & hemp building materials • Building a healthy home in a holistic way, building our own mountain studio/garage with hempcrete & Spring workshop with Americhanvre