Hemp for Victory 2.0The Next 250 Years

Rebuild Ready

A modular local economy any town can plug into: local fiber, a materials plant, trained trades, a code path and open books. Repeat, town by town.

For everyone who stands up to the giants. If a town in California can cut through the red tape, your town can too.
Fresno, California is building the model. Your town is next.

Faster permits don't build homes. Open doors and tested walls do.
See who holds the keys in your town.

The War Cry: when federal, state, county and city teams, including economic development, line up behind the same open doors, a town can move at full speed. Our aspiration is bullet-train speed for safe, healthy homes. That's a goal, not a promise.

  1. Federal
  2. State
  3. County
  4. City
  5. You

Will you join us?

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We're building a model, not just hempcrete homes

Homes are the front door. Behind that door, we picture a whole local economy growing like mycelium: quiet threads under the soil that connect, share and feed each other, so every part makes the next one stronger.

The mycelium economy Homes sit at the center as the front door. Branching threads connect them to textiles, paper, modular manufacturing, robotics and AI, the Material Intelligence Institute (planned), home and Main Street businesses, and Wisdom Media. Textiles Paper Modularmanufacturing Robotics& AI Material IntelligenceInstitute (planned) Home & Main Streetbusinesses WisdomMedia Homesthe front door
A picture of the vision, not a finished system. Each thread still has to be built.

The mycelium economy

  • Homes: the front door and the proof. Factory-built homes, with hemp-lime walls that are fire-resistant (not fireproof). Affordable is the goal.
  • Textiles: hemp fiber for cloth and workwear.
  • Paper: hemp paper and packaging.
  • Modular manufacturing: wall panels and home parts made in local shops.
  • Robotics & AI: tools that help small shops make more, with people in charge.
  • Material Intelligence Institute planned, not yet formed: research on recycled materials combined with biofiber.
  • Home and Main Street businesses: neighbors making and selling what's made nearby.
  • Wisdom Media: young people telling the story of local work.

What we hope it grows: body, mind and soul

  • Body

    Homes built with fewer synthetic chemicals and breathable hemp-lime walls. Food and fiber grown close to home. Safe, well-trained work with good tools.

  • Mind

    Skills for life: apprenticeships and learning by building. Room to create and to solve real problems. Ownership instead of waiting for permission: liberty, not permission, to build a business.

  • Soul

    Purpose in good work. Families and neighbors building together. Faith is our inspiration: Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10, KJV) Everyone is welcome, whatever you believe.

The American Dream is the freedom to build it, and to live it.

These are aspirations, not promises or health claims. Hempcrete is fire-resistant, not fireproof. "Affordable" is a goal. Our Fresno County pilot is in due diligence, and no build dates have been set. The Material Intelligence Institute is planned and not yet formed. Kingdom On Earth Builders is a California-based national effort. No partnerships or endorsements are implied.

Fresno is building the model. Your town is next.

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Who holds the keys to building in your town

Building a home takes many keys, held at five levels: Federal, State, County, City and You. Pick a key to see who holds it, what it unlocks, what it doesn't do, its status, the source, and your simple role.

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Honest notes. None of the federal executive orders listed here mention hemp. Every "self-certification" fast lane still requires full building-code compliance and inspections; it speeds up permits but doesn't approve a new material. Listing an office, law or city is a public fact, not an endorsement. ⚠ means not yet verified. Information, not legal advice.

Is your town code-ready?

Hempcrete (hemp + lime) has its own chapter in the model residential code: Appendix BL, Hemp-Lime (Hempcrete) Construction. It applies only where a city, county or state adopts it. Check what we know about your town.

KingsburgOrd. 2025-06
MarinaOrd. 2026-08
ArcataOrd. 1583

These California cities adopted Appendix BL in their local building codes (public ordinances). That is a public fact, not an endorsement of this campaign.

What's next: we plan to file a formal petition with the California Building Standards Commission, targeted for December 15, 2026, asking that Appendix BL become a normal option statewide in the next state code.

Hemp-lime is fire-resistant, not fireproof. Our aim is to meet wildfire standards with tested wall assemblies, not to bypass them.

Fast lanes that exist today

Leaders across the spectrum agree that permits should be faster. They disagree about who should decide. Here is what is real today, and what each fast lane does not do.

  • SBA builder self-certification

    Federal rule (Jan 2026). For SBA disaster-loan borrowers whose complete permit application has been stuck 60+ days: the builder certifies code compliance to SBA.

    Does not: waive codes, inspections or the occupancy certificate.

    13 CFR 123 Subpart I

  • AB 253 private plan check

    California law (2025), statewide. For 1–10 unit homes, if plan check will take 30+ business days, a licensed engineer or architect can check the plans.

    Does not: make a material legal. Plans must meet state and local code.

    AB 253

  • LA City pilot

    Palisades rebuilds: licensed architects and civil engineers take responsibility for code compliance without a full city plan check.

    Does not: skip other city approvals or inspections.

    Mayor's Office, Feb 2026

  • LA County pilot

    Eaton and Palisades unincorporated rebuilds: approved, insured professionals self-certify plans.

    Does not: skip audits (20%+) or inspections.

    LA County Recovers

Ready when the doors open

The October 22, 2026 executive order created a federal Task Force on Manufactured Housing Innovation (recommendations due April 20, 2027). It may tie federal grants to standardized local permitting, building on EO 14394 and HUD's 2026 best practices. It's a study, not a rule yet, and it doesn't mention hemp. Our job is the bottom-up half: farmers, makers, builders, tested plans and open books, ready the day each door opens.

Self-certification makes permits faster. It doesn't make a material legal. Pre-approved, tested hemp-lime plans in towns that adopted Appendix BL are what let a licensed professional sign off fast and stand behind it.

The War Cry

America's housing shortage, high costs and unhealthy homes put families under stress. That stress can push families toward homelessness, and research links housing stress to worse mental health. Hemp for Victory 2.0 answers with safe, healthy, American-grown homes.

3.7–4.7 millionhomes short nationwide (estimates vary by method)
22.7 millionrenter households paying over 30% of income for housing (2024)
745,652people homeless on a single night, January 2025

Sources: Freddie Mac (3.7M, Q3 2024) and Zillow (4.7M, 2024); Harvard JCHS, State of the Nation's Housing 2026; HUD 2025 AHAR, Part 1. Mental health: an association found in research (e.g., a systematic review of renters), not proof that any home cures anything.

How the model works

The model is a local system any town can copy, in seven parts:

  1. Grow. Fiber hemp from local farmers, with buyers lined up so farmers don't carry all the risk.
  2. Make. A regional materials plant for hempcrete block and panels (being explored).
  3. Build. Train local trades, then pre-approved plans.
  4. Open the doors. Cities adopting the hempcrete code (Appendix BL).
  5. Healthier living. Homes built with fewer synthetic chemicals, designed to be fire-resistant (not fireproof) and mold-resistant.
  6. Own it together. Open books and local ownership.
  7. Partner with city and county economic development. When federal, state, county and city teams line up, towns move at full speed.

Homes are the proof.

Our goal

Real family homes, starting in Fresno, California, where we are building the model, step by step. Built to be fire-resistant (not fireproof) and mold-resistant, with fewer synthetic chemicals. Affordable is the goal.

Those homes are the proof of the model. Then the same system grows from Fresno to the nation, with an open playbook any American town can copy: American-grown hemp and lime, local hands, local ownership, open books.

Honest status: the pilot is in due diligence. No build dates have been set. We'll share dates when they're real.

Homes, then a system: from Fresno to the nation

We start with homes in Fresno, then grow one level at a time. Each level has its own milestones and has to earn them. Homes in one place don't make the next level happen on their own.

City → County → Region → State → Nation

Milestones at each level (no dates; the pilot is in due diligence):

  1. 1. City: Fresno

    • Due diligence (we are here)
    • Code path: Appendix BL adopted, or an approved alternate-materials request
    • Builders: a local crew trained in hemp-lime
    • Homes permitted, built and inspected
    • Healthier living + open books: families live there; costs, approvals and results are published, including what didn't work
  2. 2. County: Fresno County

    • Farm: local fiber hemp, with buyers lined up before acres are planted
    • Materials: hemp and lime sourced; walls tested where the code requires it
    • More towns in the county with a code path
    • Partner with county economic development
  3. 3. Region: the San Joaquin Valley, then other regions

    • Materials plant: a regional plant for hempcrete block and panels (a goal being explored)
    • Regional clusters: our national plan sketches 12 clusters of farms, materials makers and builders. It's a working plan, not a promise.
    • Each region: a local lead, real pledges, local ownership and open books
  4. 4. State: California

    • Statewide code path: Appendix BL adopted in the California code
    • Lenders, appraisers and insurers who know hemp-lime homes
    • Training paths for trades across the state
  5. 5. Federal / National

    • An open playbook any American town can copy
    • Towns in other states start their own city level
    • Existing federal housing and farm programs used where they fit

Kingdom On Earth Builders are ready to step up, town by town. Join them: pick one role.

Homes in Fresno are meant to show the system can work. Each level still has to earn its own milestones. "Affordable" is a goal, and no dates or prices are promised.

Watch and share

Short videos with Amy, our narrator (a synthetic voice, not a real person). Captions are burned in.

The War Cry (about 34 s): Fresno, California is building the model. Your town is next.
Where Did the Chemicals Go? (about 31 s): building with fewer synthetic chemicals.
Leaves for Healing (about 32 s): Revelation 22:2. A reflection, not a health claim.

Pick ONE role. No research needed.

  • Homeowner

    Raise your hand for a backyard ADU or a rebuild.

  • Farmer

    Add acres to the hemp fiber interest list.

  • Builder / Tradesperson

    Hear about future hands-on hemp-lime training.

  • Buyer / Renter

    Join the healthy-home waitlist.

  • Volunteer

    Host one 20-minute talk at a church, Grange, PTA or club.

  • Neighborhood leader

    Bring one ask to your city council: "Has our city adopted Appendix BL?"

  • Business owner

    Ask your economic development office: "Who here is recruiting building-materials makers?"

  • Supporter (later)

    Get notified when there is something to back, with every dollar on a public ledger. We are not asking for money.

Your Town Is Next

Fresno County is building the model: local hemp farms and processing, local builders and training, code adoption, healthy-home living, open books and local ownership, with homes as the proof. Any American town can copy it. Every pin on this map is a real pledge, never a guess.

Hemp for Victory 2.0 pledge map A map of the United States showing pledged towns. Right now it shows one location: Fresno County, California, where the model is being built. AlabamaAlaskaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island
  • Building the model
  • Pledged town
  • City that adopted Appendix BL (public ordinance, not an endorsement)
  • Fresno County, CA: Building the model

Diamonds mark cities that have adopted Appendix BL by public ordinance (Kingsburg, Marina and Arcata, California). That is a public fact, not an endorsement of this campaign.

Only real entries appear. A town is added after a pledge comes in and the person agrees to a public listing. Right now, the only entry is Fresno County.

5 steps any town can copy

  1. Pledge. Sign below and tick “Bring it to my town.”
  2. Ask your city to adopt Appendix BL (Hemp-Lime) of the model residential code, as Kingsburg, Marina and Arcata in California have done.
  3. Find your local growers and builders. Hemp farmers, lime suppliers and trades nearby.
  4. One role each. Homeowner, farmer, builder, buyer, volunteer or neighborhood leader. No research needed.
  5. Open books. Post every dollar and every result, including what doesn't work.

Bring it to my town Download the one-page kit (PDF)

Join the War Cry

I join the War Cry. I will help build transparent, accountable, prosperous communities where families can live the American Dream in safe, healthy homes. I will do my one part with honesty, respect and good faith: no attacks, just building. We are made in the image of God. Be Best.

Pick ONE role (required)

War Cry Petition to the California Building Standards Commission · Form BSC-30 · target filing Dec 15, 2026

What the petition asks

On or before December 15, 2026, Louisa Ip, founder, Kingdom On Earth Builders, plans to file a formal petition (Form BSC-30) with the California Building Standards Commission. It asks for two things:

  1. Put Appendix BL, Hemp-Lime (Hempcrete) Construction, as published in the 2027 model residential code, into the 2028 California Residential Code, so families can use it statewide instead of city by city.
  2. Give tested hemp-lime walls a clear path under the wildfire code (Part 7, §504.5), by passing the same fire tests other walls must pass. It does not ask to weaken any fire rule.

Kingsburg, Marina and Arcata have adopted Appendix BL locally (public ordinances, not endorsements of this campaign). This is planned, not filed yet.

Petitions and their exhibits sent to a state agency may become public records. Your email is never published.

What happens next: you'll get one next step for the role you picked. Louisa Ip, founder will reply by email within 7 days, if you left an email.

KOEB will not sell your information, and we share your name only with your OK. We'll only contact you about the role you choose and, if you checked it, the petition. Unsubscribe anytime.

What we stand for

  • Open books

    Every dollar in and out, posted publicly.

  • Local ownership

    Valley-built, Valley-owned. A community co-op later.

  • Faith-driven

    We are made in the image of God. Be Best.

Honest numbers with sources. No health claims. Built with AI, but not by AI.

Open Books

So far, Hemp for Victory 2.0 is self-funded by its founder. We have taken no outside money.

A public ledger is coming: every dollar in and out, with date, payee and purpose, and founder money shown separately. Results will be posted too, including what doesn't work.

Public ledger (preview)
ItemStatus
Outside funds received$0
Funding source to dateFounder (self-funded)
Full ledgerComing soon

The 1942 heritage

In 1942 the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a short film, Hemp for Victory, calling on American farmers to grow hemp for rope, fabric and other wartime needs. The USDA asked for hundreds of thousands of acres in 1943.

Hemp for Victory 2.0 carries that spirit into the next 250 years. Today the fight is for the American home.