Domestically Manufactured Rapidly Renewables

Elliot, have you checked out the "GreenSpec Products" sidebar to the right?  There are a ton of ideas there, and although you need a BuildingGreen Suite membership to view the results when you click through, it's a worthwhile resource.While items like bamboo, linoleum, and wool are likely to be made overseas, what about items like cotton (insulation), agrifiber (straw-core doors, straw panels), or soy-based products? While I can't say for sure, any of these products seem likely to have domestic sources.Anyone else? And please keep us posted on what you learn.

Agrifiber based flush doors, raised panel doors and door jambs are available for commercial projects. The cores are made with wheat straw based particlboard with no added urea-formaldehyde resins. The doors are manufactured by several commercial door companies. The products are usually in the 75% percent compliant material range.

You could also take a look at the USDA's Biopreferred Program, http://www.biopreferred.gov/