June 17, 2025
Forever Green oilseeds researcher Matthew Ott met with WCCO reporter Erin Hassanzadeh in the research fields on the University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus as the camelina bloomed this spring. Their purpose? To help viewers learn more about camelina, an ancient crop that shows great promises for development as a winter hardy annual. One market, among many, for camelina is the use of its pressed oil as sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF. The piece ran on the 10pm news cast on Thursday, June 16, 2025.