Sask company turns flax straw into solid business

Flax straw used to be viewed as an unwanted waste product by producers with seemingly only two possible outcomes—burn it or let it sit in the field. One company is seeing not only dollar signs in every stalk, but possibilities.The once wasted flax straw has become the latest environmental darling due to its flexible and valuable applications. Biomass fuel, building materials, animal bedding, fibre, mulch, feed, and bioplastics are a few of the many end-product uses of flax straw, but there