With the support of the Flax Council of Canada, flax serves a myriad of uses worldwide. This site endeavours to provide general flax facts of interest to consumers, as well as more specialized information for nutritionists, dietitians, food producers, manufacturers and flax growers. The site strives to be a practical and interesting guide to this versatile Canadian crop. Flax Family Favourites ...

Tomorrow's Paper Today Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Kenaf revolution underway. Buyers exercise power of purchasing. Public approval ratings up. Fiber of the future available today! Kenaf cannot run wild across the country like a weed, because in almost all parts of the U.S., kenaf seeds cannot mature. Illustrations by Heidi Smith All Art 1998 Vision Paper Kenaf is a 4, 000 year old NEW crop ...

Kenaf Industries of South Texas is vertically integrated (from final product to seed) and experienced in all facets of the Kenaf Business. The company has global experience in growing, processing, manufacturing and marketing kenaf products (including TexDek) and technologies.

Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Taylor, C.S. 1993. Kenaf: An emerging new crop industry. p. 402-407. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.), New crops. Wiley, New York. Kenaf: an Emerging New Crop Industry Charles S. Taylor THE KENAF HALL OF FAME Before 1977 After 1977 KENAF COMMERCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES REFERENCES This report describes an on-going adventure with a new crop called kenaf, ...

Flax Production in North Dakota: history and use, growth and development, growing the crop, ND flax variety descriptions, pest control, harvesting and storage, and seed flax straw ...

Back to HYPP Zoology home page . . . Flax, Linseed Linum usitatissimum L. (Linaceae). Fr: Lin; Ge: Flachs; Sp: Lino; It: Lino; Pt: Linho. . - Annual plant, 40 to 80 cm in height that is often found growing wild in fields and beside roads. The fruit is a capsule containing less than 10 seeds whose oil content varies from 35 to 45% (*) . - It is cultivated either as a textile plant, for the fibres ...

KENAF PAPER: AN ECOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE The kenaf plant is considered one of the most promising alternatives to virgin soft and hard woods for paper production. An herbaceous annual related to cotton and okra, kenaf is a member of the mallow family indigenous to West Africa. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) began researching kenaf in the 1940s, when World War II put a stop to jute imports ...

Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Roseberg, R.J. 1996. Underexploited temperate industrial and fiber crops. p. 60-84. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Underexploited Temperate Industrial and Fiber Crops Richard J. Roseberg MEADOWFOAM Raw Material and Products Competing Sources Crop Status Limitations Likely Commercial Production Areas FIBER FLAX Raw ...

Index | Search | Home Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae Kenaf, Bimli, Bimlipatum, Jute, Deccan hemp Source: James A. Duke. 1983. Handbook of Energy Crops. unpublished. Uses Folk Medicine Chemistry Description Germplasm Distribution Ecology Cultivation Harvesting Yields and Economics Energy Biotic Factors References Uses Kenaf is cultivated for its bast fibers which resemble and substitute for ...