Is Wheat the New Wood?

Wood sourced from sustainable forests is an option to replace traditional lumber, while new materials, such as bamboo and palm are becoming commonplace for flooring, doors and cabinetry. Another sustainable and eco-friendly building material to consider for doors, fencing and other projects is wheat.

No longer just for fields or herds of grazing animals, wheat is combined with recycled plastic to make a very realistic looking wood/wheat PrairieFence by Heartland BioComposites. Designed to mirror the look of real wood, the PrairieFence has the durability and low maintenance benefits of a composite material.

Humabuilt Wheatcore doors and cabinetry are constructed of a layer of wood veneer over a solid wheatboard core made from the chaf of the wheat, which is normally considered waste material and burned. Wheatcore is dimensionally stable and resistant to moisture, making it a great candidate for building materials. Humabuilt offers many door styles, finishes and wood species all available in a low VOC finish.