by Cathy Key | Jan 28, 2019 | Lumber, Trees
Winter, the time of year when the trees go dormant and most of us tuck ourselves indoors to hibernate until Spring. But not the World Tree lumber team. Barry Comis and his crew have been out in the fields harvesting four plantations and meeting a very special VIP...
by Cathy Key | Jan 28, 2019 | Environment, Trees, Uncategorized
Dr. Nirmal Joshee is a scientist at Fort Valley State University in Georgia who has been studying Paulownia (aka the Empress tree) for 14 years. We were excited to meet him and his team, who have been given a large grant to further our understanding of the properties...
by Cathy Key | Sep 28, 2018 | Farmers, Trees
A farmer shares his experience of working with World Tree When we first met Will Johnson, he greeted us at his farm in Florida surrounded by his family. We were thrilled when he chose to be come a World Tree farmer and a few months later we interviewed him to find out...
by Cathy Key | Aug 22, 2018 | Farmers, Trees
Each year we take in a new round of investment and plant a new vintage of trees with our farmers. This spring and summer we have been working with our farmers to plant the trees on behalf of our 2017 investors. Nature and nurture are equally important in developing...
by Cathy Key | Aug 22, 2018 | Farmers, Trees
249 acres of trees have been planted on behalf of our 2016 shareholders in Canada, USA and Costa Rica. We have visited about a third of the farmers so far this summer to see how they are doing – and the team will be visiting the remaining farmers over the course...