HCO Sir Penfro Limited
Trading as Hemp Cymru
The public-facing entity behind this website. Responsible for communications, policy engagement, events, and the network infrastructure that connects farmers, investors, and government.
Wales · Est. 2026
Growing a Welsh hemp supply chain.
Hemp Cymru is a platform for encouraging, promoting, and facilitating the growing and use of hemp across Wales, connecting growers, processors, builders, and policymakers through a single integrated supply chain.
The scale of the opportunity
36,000+
Hectares of land suitable for industrial hemp cultivation in Wales
£2.4bn
Potential annual value of a mature UK hemp bioeconomy
(Hemp Industry Association estimate)
3
Entities forming the integrated supply chain: Platform, Co-operative, Processing
2026
The year Wales begins building its first end-to-end hemp supply chain
Y strwythur · Structure
Three entities. One supply chain.
Hemp Growers Co-operative
In formation
The farmer-owned vehicle through which growers will hold a direct stake in the processing margin, not just the farm gate price. The Co-operative instrument is being developed alongside the first growing season.
Hemp Processing & Trading Ltd
In formation
The word 'entity' comes from the Latin ens: a being, a thing that exists. This entity exists to serve the community that creates it. Exploring the former naval depot at Trecwn as a potential processing site, it is designed for micro and small enterprises across Wales. Retting, decortication, fibre separation, seed pressing. The raw crop enters. Four tradeable materials leave. The value stays.
Industrial hemp is low-THC Cannabis sativa, grown for fibre, hurd, seed, and biomass rather than for flower. Hemp, including bast fibre for textiles, hurd for low-carbon construction, seed oil and hemp protein, and raw materials that feed paper, composites, and nutrition supply chains, is one crop with several product lines. That multi-stream output is what makes it a serious farm and industry proposition for Wales.
The supply chain
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Scroll through the stages — from seed to soil — or continue to events, partners, and latest writing below.
Something in Welsh soil has been waiting.
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In person
All events →Upcoming events
Hustings · 26 April 2026
More informationSenedd Election Hustings: The Future of the Hemp Economy and the Welsh Bioeconomy
Senedd candidates, sponsors, and supporters debate the future of the hemp economy and Welsh bioeconomy. Moderated by Sonia Klein.
Doors 5:30 PM · Starts 6:00 PM
Haverhub, Haverfordwest
Partners & supporters
Partnerships will be announced when formally confirmed.
On the platform
All posts →Latest writing
Policy
Why Wales Needs a Hemp Economy in 2026
The case for a Welsh hemp supply chain is not sentimental. It is economic, agricultural, and structural. This is where the conditions align.
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Structure
The Hemp Growers Co-operative: How Farmer Ownership Works
The Platform, the Co-operative, and the Processing company are distinct legal bodies with a single shared purpose. Here is how they fit together.
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Industry
Hempcrete: The Carbon-Negative Building Material Wales Is Ignoring
Industrial hemp fibre has a credible role in low-carbon Welsh construction. The supply chain question has always preceded the materials question.
Read →Back to the opening view — drone field, facts, and the supply-chain journey.
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Hemp Cymru is a not-for-profit platform company. When donations open, every contribution goes directly into building the infrastructure of the Welsh hemp supply chain.
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