Flax could become a big provider of fuel, food and fodder if 29-year-old John Dwyer has his way. The president of Toronto’s Flax Energy corporation says his company is unique in the clean way it produces oil from flax.
The flax is cold-pressed so there’s no need of chemicals to extract oil from the grain. The resulting biodiesel fuel burns clean and is used by a local brewery, two suburbs of Toronto and trucks at the Rogers Centre, a multi-purpose stadium.
The oil can also be used to manufacture plastics, resins and other products.
The mash that’s left over can be turned into animal feed rich in Omerga 3 acid.
Canada produces over half of the world’s supply of flax.
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