Exotic Hardwood is a Growing Business
WORKBENCH - The Original Home Woodworking and Improvement Magazine, November / December 1999
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Exotic Hardwood is a Growing Business
WORKBENCH - The Original Home Woodworking and Improvement Magazine, November / December 1999
If you've wondered where you'll find your favorite exotic hardwoods for future projects, you're not alone. High prices, scarce supplies, and poor quality are challenges every woodworker has faced as they searched for the perfect stock for a special project. One solution might be to grow the trees yourself.
Well, not yourself exactly. But you can pay Steve and Sherry Brunner to grow them for you. The Brunners are the owners and founders of Tropical American Tree Farms in Costa Rica.
Since 1991, the Brunners have been planting 46 species of tropical hardwoods. Only 16 of the species will be harvested for profit initially. The others were planted to learn more about farming species that have not been widely grown.
The Brunners sell the trees in lots of 100 before they're planted. At harvest time, a tree owner can keep the wood, sell it, or have Tropical American Tree Farms sell it for them.
Besides the acres dedicated to commercial harvest, Tropical American Tree Farms includes more than 4,000 acres that will not be harvested at any time.
Contact Tropical American Tree Farms at (800) 788-4918, or visit www.tropicaltreefarms.com.
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