Tuscola begins growing biocrops to lure biofuel industry
By Tim Mitchell
Monday September 1, 2008
Nora Maberry
Tuscola has worked with tenant farmer Dan Meyer to plant reed canary grass on 160 acres of land the city owns by the wastewater-treatment plant. The grass can be converted into pellets to heat homes and other buildings.
TUSCOLA – There's more than grass growing by the Tuscola sewer plant.
If city officials are successful, that grass could someday sprout into the foundation for a new energy-fueled economy.
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