Midwest Natural Fiber

Midwest Natural Fiber is headquartered at 501 Fay Street, Suite 202, Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States, with additional processing locations at 409 West North Street, Sikeston, Missouri 63801, and 1550 Wall Street, St. Charles, Missouri 63303. Founded in 2020, the company is a Missouri-based hemp fiber processor uniquely positioned to advance the American hemp fiber industry using expertise and strategic relationships across the supply chain. Their founders bring decades of hemp industry experience, and the team continues to expand with deep knowledge across B2B farming and materials sectors. Midwest Natural Fiber cultivates, processes, and packages hemp materials within the United States, focusing on fiber and hurd products for use in insulation, hempcrete, textiles, paper, animal bedding, bio-plastics, geotextiles, filtration, agricultural substrates, and erosion control. As the first commercial hemp processor in southeast Missouri, they support technical assistance, farm partnerships, and advocacy for industrial hemp agriculture. The company hosts educational workshops, conducts field trials in partnership with Lincoln University in Sikeston, and maintains an award-winning blog and podcast series—with articles like “Using Industrial Hemp Byproducts in Construction” and episodes such as Hemp Voices—to promote sustainable hemp applications and policy advocacy. Midwest Natural Fiber raised early capital and continues to expand its operational footprint, offering a fully integrated domestic supply chain and engagement with growers, manufacturers, and researchers. The leadership team includes CEO and co-founder Patrick Van Meter and COO and co-founder Jeff Limbaugh.