Straw based filament

Apparently a company in China has been working on making filament that is based off straw to reduce its costs.  If they pull it off, it will be worth it (cost of filament is crazy these days).

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/straw-based-filament-could-drive-down-the-cost-of-3d-printing/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29