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Jettin' around with my friend Camelina

camelina?

NOT camelina.

No, camelina isn't my pretty little baby pet camel from Spain (my, but there's an image.)

Camelina is, in fact, a crop alternatively known as wild flax, German sesame or Siberian oilseed, and she was approved, today, by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use as feed for broiler chickens, i.e. chickens intended to be cooked and eaten. Seriously.

Ethanol sector slapped on bad VeraSun earnings

May 8, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Shares of ethanol companies are down this morning on an unexpected quarterly loss from VeraSun. Has corn ethanol become unprofitable? Full Story »
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