From bambugib@harborside.comThu Apr 25 12:06:58 1996 Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:47:04 -0700 From: Gib Cooper To: eaf-l@eaf.com Subject: Re: Bamboo Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 13:48:10 -0400 (EDT) Resent-From: eaf-l@eaf.com To those interested in purchasing bamboo plants. There are about 240 species of bamboo available from 39 sources in the USA. This according to Dr. Richard Haubrich, the editor of the American Bamboo Society's Bamboo Species Source list, 1996. To get one Send a $.55 SASE to American Bamboo Society Species Source List, P.O. Box 640, Springville, CA 93265. My name is Gib Cooper, I am a bamboo entreprenuer since the late 1970's. Bamboo has been a growing interest since seeing it used by Filipino and Japananese culture while growing up. I make a living wholly by propagating and marketing bamboo plants, books and hardwood. This is mainly through mailorder sales due to my desire to live in the boonies and not in an urban area. Each major urban area tends to have its local bamboo sources. However, there are many exceptions found around the midwest and interior east coast. Bamboo concentrations and people working with it tend to be in the Southeast, West coast and Hawaii. I also spend a good deal of time volunteering my energy to promote bamboo to others as an industry worthy of developing to ease the pressure on the native forests for fiber exploitation. I started the Pacific Northwest Bamboo Agro-forestry Workshops in 1994. This was an effort to get people in the region thinking together and coordinating efforts in many directions. Sure, there are many other crops worthy of this attention, and they will move along with their special interest groups too. The bamboo movement is gaining momentum. The next big event is the Big Island Bamboo Conference, May 24-26, 1996. To get info and reg. packet go to the bamboo website at: Good shooting! /H\\H H //H H /H \ Gib Cooper H\ Voice/Fax: 541-247-0835 /H\\H \ /H H Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery /H bambugib@harborside.com / H HH H\ H\\H\ 28446 Hunter Creek Loop H \ H\H\HH\ H H /H\ Gold Beach, OR 97444 H /H H HH H /H\HH \\ http://www.harborside.com/bamboo/ H H HH\\H\ H HH // H H HH /H H H H