Mar 9, 2023 | Bamboo Industry, Worldwide
Special thanks to Andati Morris, founder of AgroBamboo, who contributed this article. A small, landlocked country in central Africa, Rwanda has suffered from waves of political and social unrest. But conditions have improved dramatically since the turn of the century....
Feb 23, 2023 | Bamboo Products, Worldwide
We can argue about whether or not bamboo can really save the planet. Not surprisingly, I’m optimistic that it can. But at the same time, I try to maintain realistic expectations about bamboo’s full potential. Turning to Africa, which sits at the forefront...
Oct 15, 2022 | Bamboo Industry, Green Living, Worldwide
As the fifth-largest nation in the world by area, and the only country to straddle both the equator and the tropic of Capricorn, Brazil is ideally situated to grow great quantities of high-quality bamboo. And after decades of habitat loss in the Amazon Rainforest,...
Jun 13, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Worldwide
Don’t look up. This is not one of those bamboo varieties that grows taller than your house. But if you’re trying to find it on a map, well then, you will have to look up. This botanical outlier is the northernmost naturally occurring bamboo known to...
May 23, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Worldwide
The Country Music Hall of Fame, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, and Jack Daniel’s whiskey are all iconic symbols of Tennessee. The “Volunteer State” is less famous for its bamboo, but Tennessee does have some of the best bamboo groves in the...
May 9, 2022 | Bamboo Industry, Green Living, Worldwide
It’s something of a foregone conclusion among treehuggers and environmentalists that bamboo can save the planet. We wax rhapsodically over this woody grass’s capacity to stop deforestation and replace fossil fuels. We speak in glowing hyperbole about...
