Comments on: The Plant That Grows Plastic https://modernfarmer.com/2022/02/camelina-bioplastics/ Farm. Food. Life. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: David Robbins https://modernfarmer.com/2022/02/camelina-bioplastics/#comment-40580 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:41:16 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=145453#comment-40580 In reply to Philip.

Guayule was grown as a latex alternative. A company named Yulex grows and processes in the desert southwest USA. I grew starter plants for the company in the 1990’s

]]> By: Philip https://modernfarmer.com/2022/02/camelina-bioplastics/#comment-40572 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 22:19:42 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=145453#comment-40572 I seem to remember another crop being tried experimentally , first during WW Ii then in the mid 80’s as a rubber latex substitute. Think it began with a G. Long polymer chain feedstock. Then the jojoba scam, handout programs, and collapse in oil prices chased everyone away.

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