Grower Jossie Ellis found flax to be a fast-growing and easy crop to manage, with impressive resilience. "It took about 20 minutes to sow about 90 square metres of bed and then we have ignored it.
Fitzpatrick, director of health and nutrition with the Flax Council of Canada. In animal studies, the plant omega-3 fatty acid found in flaxseed, called ALA, inhibited tumor incidence and growth.
The sturdy fibers of flax have long been used in the production of fabrics. But flax has never before been tried in the production of composites which could be formed into aircraft cabin walls ...