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For a long period of time, corn was the food for the poor until new uses like ethanol raised prices to the point that many poor people could not afford its price, increasing the existing gap between poor and rich. In a similar way, bamboo has been considered the poor man’s timber due to the easy and cheap way to get it for food or for construction material for housing. Due to the actual tendency and a growing demand for eco-friendly products in the construction industry, bamboo is gradually emerging as a “green gold” for growers and builders. This document explores the rapid changes in use of bamboo and the reasons why the poor man’s timber is becoming the rich “green gold” supported by the environment’s global tendency toward green construction. Seeing what happened with the corn, it is easy to visualize its consequences for the poor, who will not only be without a food source, but without a place to call home.
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