Bamboo poles

 In the US in 2023, serious work is occurring to create an industrial market for US grown bamboo poles. See National Bamboo. While you wait for a US bamboo industry, create your own bamboo products and markets. Sell green poles for weddings and festivals. Sell dried poles for fences, construction and art. Sell bamboo chips for mulch and animal bedding. Sell bamboo charcoal for grilling or biochar.

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Bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots are a specialty food  in high demand. I can not keep up with customer demand. Fresh bamboo shoots, harvested properly, bring good prices.

Some farmers sell shoots at farmers markets; others sell directly to high end restaurants; others supply local asian markets. I sell shoots mail order via USPS priority FlatRate mail.

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Livestock fodder

Livestock love to eat fresh bamboo leaves. Feeding livestock is a fine way to thin the groves a little at a time. Spread manure into the bamboo.

I have seen horses, cows, goats, sheep, llamas, rabbits, and chickens eat bamboo leaves.(Dogs eat the young shoots, not the leaves.) Deer do not browse on bamboo leaves (?!) although Dain Sansome in Oregon tells me deer rest at night in his groves.

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