Article Source: USA Today

SALT LAKE CITY — One mile southwest of Salt Lake International Airport, a 20-acre crop of safflower plants is growing on previously unused municipal land. This fall the plot will be harvested, and oil from the plants will be processed into biodiesel fuel to operate Salt Lake County vehicles.

The new use for the vacant land in the airport's flight path is part of a Utah State University program that uses highway rights of way and other unused open spaces to grow oilseed crops for biodiesel fuel.

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