{"id":7,"date":"2017-11-14T15:58:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:00:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fb\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Better Bioeconomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Forest Biomaterials Researchers Developing Sustainable Alternative to Plastic Foam Packaging<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

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