According to Eco News a new biofuel candidate could end the debate about food crops being used as machine fuel. Camelina Sativa is a hearty grain that requires very little rainfall to thrive, producing double the harvest per acre of soybeans and an oil that functions well in colder climates.

Here’s the clincher, once the Camelina oil has been extracted and sent along to power your car, boat, or machine shop, the plant matter left over makes a wholesome livestock feed. Another aspect of this biofuel’s ‘food friendliness’ is that it can be grown in rotation with wheat crops, increasing wheat yields by 15%. An acre of Camelina Sativa yields an impressive 100 gallons of oil.

More field testing will need to be done to determine if this is truly as green as it seems and farmers will need education on this little known plant. if testing continues in a positive direction, this new biofuel could take the place of more controversial food crop fuels using soy beans and corn. That’ll give the cows something to chew on!