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It’s the inner core of the hemp plant that remains after the fibers, seeds and flowers have been removed, what’s left after the traditionally valuable parts are put to various uses. That’s still 70% to 90% of the plant and that’s where Taylor Heisley-Cook and David Mun come in.

They are making clothes from agricultural waste — or more precisely their compa

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