Farmer to fuel food production

Beginning next year, a Hay River market gardener is planning to create the NWT's first self-sustaining farming operation.

"What we're trying to create is a farm that will grow fuel and food," said Jackie Milne. "That is the future of farming."

Milne explained farms can produce three basic fuels that are renewable, sustainable and non-polluting.

She said one of those fuels is ethanol - basically alcohol - that can be made from many feed stocks, including cattails grown in ditches.