The Hemp Inc. mill in Spring Hope, North Carolina is the largest industrial hemp processing facility in the United States.[2] It is on North Carolina Highway 581.[3]

Spring Hope hemp mill
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Location1436 Highway 581 North
Spring Hope, North Carolina[1]
Coordinates35°58′05″N 78°06′43″W / 35.9680°N 78.1120°W / 35.9680; -78.1120
IndustryCannabis industry
ProductsHemp products
Area70,000 sq ft (6,500 m2)
Owner(s)Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC (Hemp Inc.)

The mill, a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) former sweet potato processing plant, contains a decorticator to separate hemp hurds from external fibers, and supercritical carbon dioxide extraction for CBD recovery.[4][2]

Fiber products will become textiles and composites used in the automobile industry.[4]

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  1. ^ North Carolina Industrial Hemp Registered Processors (PDF), North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, June 2017
  2. ^ a b Cutler, Amy (2018-04-05), NC hemp processing facility is largest in western hemisphere, WNCN / CBS 17 News
  3. ^ Corey Davis (June 25, 2017), "Spring Hope firm bets on hemp", Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
  4. ^ a b Herrington, A.J. (2017-09-25), "North Carolina Is Harvesting Its First Legal Hemp Crop in Decades", High Times