<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">This just in from Darren Port. Add that to Martin's message of last night with info on NJ and HI, and we are only looking for DE. <div>I counted 42 countries total on the Registry as well.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Laura</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">There are two strawbale buildings that we know of and third that remains a mystery, we know the town but not the address. The two others are in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Blairstown</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">NJ</st1:state></st1:place> built on Genesis Farm; one is a full time residence and the other a ‘retreat cabin” type for guests of the Earth Literacy program that the farm hosts in addition to other events.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Let me know if you need stats for example there where 28 thousand acres of wheat harvested in 2007, which if all the straw was baled and used for housing would be enough to build approx. 1800, 1500sq ft homes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">There are also a number of straw-clay infill homes and clay block homes in NJ.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Good luck let me know if I can be of any assistance in preparing or on June 20.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Darren<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">Darren Molnar-<u1:placename u2:st="on"></u1:placename><u1:placetype u2:st="on">Port</u1:placetype></span></font><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><strong><b><font size="1" color="green" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: green; ">Green</span></font></b></strong></st1:placename><strong><b><font size="1" color="green" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: green; "> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Building</st1:placetype></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font size="1" color="green" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: green; "> Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><b><font size="1" color="green" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: green; ">Code Specialist</span></font></b></strong><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">Division of Codes and Standards</span></font><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; ">State of <u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:state u2:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:state> - Department of Community Affairs</u1:state></u1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; ">101 South Broad Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:street><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><u1:address u2:st="on"><u1:street u2:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">PO Box</span></font></st1:street></st1:address></u1:street><font size="1" face="Arial"></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "> 802</span></font></u1:address><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; ">Trenton</span></font></st1:city></st1:place></u1:city><font size="1" face="Arial"></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; "> <u1:state u2:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">NJ</st1:state></u1:state> <u1:postalcode u2:st="on"><st1:postalcode w:st="on">08625</st1:postalcode></u1:postalcode></span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></u1:place></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">Phone 609-984-7607 or 609-984-7609</span></font><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; ">Fax 609-984-7717</span></font><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><a href="mailto:dport@dca.state.nj.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">dport@dca.state.nj.us</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://www.nj.gov.dca/codes" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.nj.gov.dca/codes</a></span></font></div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(76, 114, 29); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Laura Bartels</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#4C721D" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><b><i>GreenWeaver Inc.</i></b></span></font></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(76, 114, 29); "><b><i>P.O. Box 912, Carbondale, CO 81623<br>Ph 970-379-6779, Fax 970-963-0905<br><a href="mailto:laura@greenweaverinc.com">laura@greenweaverinc.com</a><br>www.greenweaverinc.com</i></b></span></span></div></div></span> </div><br></div></div></body></html>