New Food Products Coming Your Way
There are some new food products you may be seeing on store shelves soon. 1. Camelina oil – most of you know olive oil is a heart healthy oil to use. Soon you will be seeing Camelina oil on store shelves. It is made from a seed from the mustard family and has a nutty, light flavor. Some may refer to it as wild flax or false flax. It was a common oil grown in Eastern Europe and Russia in the 1940’s before it was replaced by other crops. It is becoming popular in the US and farmers in Montana now grow it. A blogger ( Julie ) noted a farmer in Minnesota produces and sells Camelina oil. “ A few months ago, Deanne and Francine blogged about a new oil they'd discovered in their quest for Minnesota produced or grown products. Camelina Oil is produced from the Camelina plant by a farmer in Lamberton. I'd just mentioned to Tim we should see if we can visit the farm and purchase some oil. As I was saying goodbye to Deanne, I noticed...