Biodiesel boom scares seed growers

Seattle Post Intelligencer by Colin McDonald | Feb. 21, 2007 (News Report)

MOUNT VERNON -- With Washington poised to become a national leader in "green" fuel, fields of bright-yellow canola flowers soon may be as common a sight as golden wheat in parts of the Palouse and other farm-rich areas east of the Cascades.

For struggling farmers, burgeoning demand for oil-rich canola could make it a cash crop for the long haul. For the rest of us, it's supposed to be a feel-good embrace of biodiesel, proudly stamped "Made in ... Full Story »

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 by Paul Stambaugh - Feb. 21, 2007

An good right up about what is happening to the local farmers due to the rapid change in how things are done. This piece shows the postive effects of Biomass techonolgy and the downsides, which will have a major effect on the farmers. ...(I have to cheer for the farmers who for once can make some money, and could bring about a return to large numbers of people working the earth.)

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