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About the harvest Two professional cork harvesters from Portugal demonstrated the process of stripping the tree’s bark for approximately 100 attendees. Throughout the exhibition, Greg Hirson, global ...

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But its bark is the cork oak’s claim to fame. Almost ghostly pale in color, the bark is deeply furrowed and springy, and provides an ecologically sustainable cash crop.

HOUSTON - Cork tree bark has long been used in Asia to fight inflammation. "People in China, they take this bark, they actually make a concoction out of this bark, and that concoction they drink ...

It is a highly precise technique “that takes several years to learn”, said Nelson Ferreira, a 43-year-old cork bark harvester, adding he takes great care not to damage the tree.

Bo tany professor and director of Cal Poly’s Plant Conservatory Matt Ritter said the university is home to about 50 cork oak trees, which are unique because they regenerate bark after harvesting.

I felt it would resurface in the work I was to do here in Portugal.” In 2018, during a visit to family-owned cork production facility NF Cork in Faro, he learned about turning cork bark into blocks.

By Claire Doole This summer António Gonçalves Ferreira is harvesting the cork trees of his grandparents under a hot Iberian sun. Taking a break from the labour-intensive activity to survey his farm, ...