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Food or fuel? How about both?
2015-05-30 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: In the United States, federal mandates to produce more renewable fuels, especially biofuels, have led to a growing debate: Should fuel or food grow on arable land? Recent research shows farmers can successfully, and sustainably, grow both. Russ Gesch, a plant physiologist with the USDA Soil Conservation Research Lab in Morris, Minnesota, found encouraging results when growing Camelina sativa with soybean in the Midwest. Camelina is a member of the mustard family and an emerging biofuel crop....
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