Carman Based Flax Power has received more than $87,000 from the Federal government to help increase its production capacity.
    The money will be used to purchase and install new production equipment that will bring the "PowerLog", an innovative fire log made of flax, to the marketplace.
    The expansion will create six direct jobs.
    Flax Power has developed a technique that can densely pack flax shives, into an all-natural environmentally friendly, long-burning fire log.
    Using thousands of tonnes of flax shives, normally considered waste, to produce these new fuel logs will help reduce the practice of burning flax shives in fields.
    The project was funded under the Agri-Opportunities Program.