[Strawbale] strawboard for kitchens?

[David Neeley]

A number of companies producing strawboard have gone out of that
business. Mostly, it seems to be a marketing problem in introducing a
new material people are unfamiliar with.

Two possibilities:

Meadowood Industries in Oregon produces a ryegrass panel that includes
a sufficiently high density that it could probably be used for
cabinets: http://www.meadowoodindustries.com/

A Canadian company, Panel Source International, makes plywood and OSB
that is formaldehyde free and LEED certified, from reclaimed fiber:
http://www.panelsource.net

A number of the listing in Oikos other than these are either out of
business or make products that are not suitable for your use (such as
straw-based SIPs--very interesting, but not germane).

David


On 2/23/07, Erica Konrad <strawbale at netidea.com> wrote:
> we are/were interested in using strawboard for our kitchen cupboards. they
> did come from a company in manitoba (DOW BioProducts) and is straw as
> opposed to wood. they use natural non-toxic resins as glue or binder instead
> of glues that OSB and plywoods use, which offgas.