Jeff Stringer, PhD, chair of the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Kentucky, makes it an annual priority to track wood commodities prices. Around 2012, he started noticing a spike in demand for a very particular product: white oak staves, the thin strips of wood that

What is the difference between beer, spirits and wine? The first and most obvious answer is their main ingredient. Beer and many spirits such as whisky are made around grains, while wine and similar beverages are derived from grapes. But these products differ far beyond what they appear to be, and c