Trent Preszler

But basically, the way they're constructed, their cells fit together almost like Lego bricks.

And it makes the lumber from evergreens very, very strong.

And let's say an oak or a maple tree, a deciduous tree that has leaves.

Their cellular structure is more kind of jumbled up.

And you can see under a microscope that it's less linear.

There are fewer linear chains, and it's a little bit more sort of circular.

So the strength of evergreen timber is really rooted in its cellular structure.

And that, since the dawn of time, has made them a preferred building material for people.

So historically, we did cut down wild forests.

And all across this country for about 400 years, we pretty much leveled all the wild evergreen forests.

Today, it's much different.

So we have our national park system.

We have a state and federal forest management system.

And the biggest lumber and paper pulp producing companies in this country and around the world, for the most part, are farming Christmas trees, basically.

They're farming evergreens for timber harvest.

And that's usually done on a 40-year cycle.

So imagine it's just a corn farm, except you're planting pine trees or spruces or firs.

And they'll let them grow for 30 to 40 years till they get to be a harvest size, and then they cut them down.

And that's really kind of the only sustainable way today that we can supply

all of our needs, both from everything from Home Depot lumber to your Starbucks coffee cup.