The Once-a-Year Billion Dollar Industry Christmas Trees by the Numbers..
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here are some interesting facts about Christmas trees to share over the dinner table..
many love the smell of pine, the majority of Americans display Christmas tree — 47% of households, to be exact.
The majority of Christmas trees are grown on farms located Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Washington, and New York..
It takes about 8 years for Christmas tree to achieve height of 6 to 7 feet..
To keep their farms replenished, Christmas tree farmers plant between 1 and 3 new seedlings for every harvested tree...
they're reusable for certain amount of time, artificial trees have footprint than real, felled Christmas trees.
Christmas tree farms, on the other hand, are good for the environment as they can consume up to 12,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions every year. .
By consumers when picking up their trees, The sustainability issues with Christmas trees involve the amount of fuel used to deliver them around the country, the amount of fuel used, and tree disposal..
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