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What is strand woven bamboo?
Have you ever picked up a bamboo product and turned it over in your hand and wondered, "How did they do this?" If not, you must not be handling enough bamboo products. Some of them, like the bamboo socks and bamboo salad bowls, are just amazing. But these days, some...
INBAR: The international bamboo and rattan organisation
When it comes to promoting bamboo, our small team does all it can to provide the highest-quality and most informative content on the interweb. We've been working in the bamboo world since 2006, but we obviously weren't the first people to have the idea of endorsing...
Challenges and pitfalls of bamboo farming
The hardest part about farming bamboo on a commercial scale, in the US or Europe, is that it's not a native plant. No one has been growing bamboo in these regions at a large scale for any significant amount of time. Not only that, but these parts of the world also...
Uses and Benefits of Bamboo Charcoal and Biochar
You needn't look far to observe bamboo's enormous versatility, in everything from cutting boards and building materials to biofuel and bedsheets. Easily overlooked, bamboo charcoal is something of a byproduct, but it has a whole host of useful applications. The uses...
Bamboo processing equipment for farmers big and small
Growing bamboo can be a fun and satisfying hobby. But if you're cultivating bamboo on a large scale, then you probably want more than just fun in the sun. You need a way to monetize it. We all know that bamboo has an enormous range of practical, commercial uses. And...
Fabulous Prefab: Bamboo Living Homes
Bamboo is undoubtedly one of the strongest, most versatile materials for construction. Lightweight, sturdy and renewable, the grass is perfect for sustainable building projects. And when you consider the fact that the construction industry is responsible for...