My name is Read Flusser and I've been following this group for a while -- what a great resource! Thank you for all the great posts by experienced growers.
I have been researching commercial biomass production from bamboo for advanced biofuels at Columbia University in New York for over a year and it seems that the biggest challenge to scaled operations in higher wage areas is the mechanized harvesting equipment. The Brazilian companies working with bambusa vulgaris are supposedly harvesting mechanically according to a post by Raphael Moras de Vasconcellos-- does anyone happen to know what they were using for this? Or a contact of someone who might know these details? (Raphael's email bounced back)
Thank you for any information you can provide!
Best,
Read
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