Jon Dwyer
"We need to move away from the emotional roller coaster, the blame game puppeteered by folks like David Suzuki, and become pragmatic business practitioners that work toward the collective goal of health and prosperity. . ." -Jon Dwyer
Jon Dwyer is chairman and CEO of Flax Energy, which has a biodiesel plant in Toronto to produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food (but no waste) -- all from the modest flax seed.
As a speaker, he is a passionate, brilliant and funny young man who relates to audiences young and old.
According to Reuters, Dwyer is on the cutting edge of something big: "Canada's appetite for biodiesel, typically produced from animal fat, used cooking oil, soybeans or canola, is expected to soar."
Flax seed is grown on Flax Energy's 1,200-acre farm outside Hamilton.
The company's cold-press extraction process generates two end products: commercial-grade biodiesel, which can be used in a regular diesel engine, and flax meal, which is sold to make Omega-3-rich animal feed, or milled to make gluten-free flax flour.
Flax Energy distributes most of its fuel through Canada Clean Fuels to Canadian companies and various Ontario municipalities.
Dwyer has ambitious plans to open more plants.
Dwyer, from a family of cod fishermen, holds an Honours B.A. in political science from McMaster University and he studied international economics at Ryerson University. At Ryerson, Jon created a thesis investigating agricultural solutions to the food vs. fuel dilemma, which yield multiple revenue streams that are not impacted by the price volatility of food-grade feed stocks such as soy and canola.
Dwyer's long-term goal is to find global application for his products, techniques, technology and processes.
The talented Dwyer is also an author. His first novel was "Michael Burke."
"We need to move away from the emotional roller coaster, the blame game puppeteered by folks like David Suzuki, and become pragmatic business practitioners that work toward the collective goal of health and prosperity. . ." -Jon Dwyer
Jon Dwyer is chairman and CEO of Flax Energy, which has a biodiesel plant in Toronto to produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food (but no waste) -- all from the modest flax seed.
As a speaker, he is a passionate, brilliant and funny young man who relates to audiences young and old.
According to Reuters, Dwyer is on the cutting edge of something big: "Canada's appetite for biodiesel, typically produced from animal fat, used cooking oil, soybeans or canola, is expected to soar."
Flax seed is grown on Flax Energy's 1,200-acre farm outside Hamilton.
The company's cold-press extraction process generates two end products: commercial-grade biodiesel, which can be used in a regular diesel engine, and flax meal, which is sold to make Omega-3-rich animal feed, or milled to make gluten-free flax flour.
Flax Energy distributes most of its fuel through Canada Clean Fuels to Canadian companies and various Ontario municipalities.
Dwyer has ambitious plans to open more plants.
Dwyer, from a family of cod fishermen, holds an Honours B.A. in political science from McMaster University and he studied international economics at Ryerson University. At Ryerson, Jon created a thesis investigating agricultural solutions to the food vs. fuel dilemma, which yield multiple revenue streams that are not impacted by the price volatility of food-grade feed stocks such as soy and canola.
Dwyer's long-term goal is to find global application for his products, techniques, technology and processes.
The talented Dwyer is also an author. His first novel was "Michael Burke."
