Turning Polluted Land into Hope: Regenerating Land By Growing Industrial Hemp - with Frederik Verstraete, CEO EarthPlus and C-Biotech

Today, we are meeting Frederich Verstraete from Belgium, who combines his entrepreneurial spirit and decades of business expertise to build a greener future by bringing back hemp as a sustainable raw material for industries and manufacturing. But that’s not all. The real hopeful story is that he is growing hemp on contaminated land, land that is deemed unusable due to pollution with forever chemicals. Listen to how he and his team is making the impossible possible. Recording location: Meeting via Zoom in the C-Biotech office in Belgium Connect with Frederik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederik-verstraete/ Earth Plus Website: https://www.earthplus.eu/ C-Biotech Website: https://www.c-biotech.eu/ Restoring 30000 hectares of land in Murcia, Spain - Case Study: https://www.earthplus.eu/projects/bringing-river-quipar-back-in-murcia-spain/ For comments, ideas and collaborations contact me at: email: [email protected] website: claudiageratz.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiageratz/ To become a guest on the Doing Hope podcast or nominate someone you know, please complete this short form: https://forms.gle/BzHSz7dNYcKDK8VLA 🎹 Intro Music by the talented Alberto Gariglio. Listen to more of his piano music here: https://www.instagram.com/albertogariglio.77 https://www.youtube.com/@albertogarigliomypianomusi1392 Thank you for listening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit positiveclimatecareers.substack.com