<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Interesting - did not know that Corn Stover is reused in this way.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Of course the vast majority of corn is fed to animals in factory farms. Animal agriculture being a significant contributor to climate change. Not sure if working it back in the soil makes a significant contribution to sustainability.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
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Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Straube <jfstraube@uwaterloo.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk" <sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk>; Green Building <greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 16, 2014 5:07 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Greenbuilding] New Type of Chipboard<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6377707457"><div>
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Corn stover is routinely worked back into the soil as it increases the resistance to erosion and increase organic structure and potash. </div>
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Farmers who don't look forward more than a year or two will bale up stover and there have been plans for using this for biofuels and other products but none that I know has ever been widely adopted. </div>
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OSB is often made from fast growing small trees like Aspen and the trees are fairly sustainable : no fertilizer or pesticides just good management and patience. Not a huge problem that needs to be solved.<br></div></div></div><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>