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Taos Door & Hardware Co. special orders Spanish cedar that is plantation grown in Africa. Most of the Spanish cedar available is from the rain forest of South America. We no longer use rain forest growth. We use mostly wood that is grown in the U.S. The northeast has the fastest growing forest because the hill farm land is no longer producing crops. The trees are creeping back into the fields to reclaim them as forest. Our pine comes from plantations in Oregon and Washington where the climate is suitable for fast growing pine. Our wood shop is run with electricity generated from wind power. This power is purchased in advance from our local KIt Carson Electric Coop, in blocks of 100KW hours.
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