Straw is a material obtained from cutting and drying fibrous grasses. In this mod's case, you get it primarily from harvesting Tall Grass, Wheat and Rice using a knife.

Straw would have a few uses, including but not limited to:

• Canvas: A tough fabric with some applications for decoration, farming and beekeeping;
• Thatch: Yes, Quark adds it already, but who knows. It's good decoration;
• Rope: Climbable, hangable blocks that can be "laid down" from atop a surface, as opposed to Scaffolding;
• Safety Net: A rope weave that negates all fall damage of entities landing over it;
• Fishing Net: Bulk fishing mechanic. This one may be hard to develop, we'll see!
• Alternate recipe for Leads using Rope;
• Mulch: Could be part of its production!