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Tag Archives: USDA
How to grow the economy and feed the world
By Barbara Wells, President and CEO, ArborGen Chair, BIO Food and Agriculture Section Governing Board For the past two decades, the United States has led the world in crop biotechnology innovation. Under this leadership, American growers have produced most of the world’s food, fiber and energy, while the U.S. agricultural sector experienced sustained economic growth and a positive trade balance. But an increasingly complicated regulatory system and threats of litigation from opponents of technology have Read More >
Biofuels Digest Surveys Readers on 2011 Industry Trends
Biofuels Digest, the world’s most widely read biofuels daily, is asking readers to rank the trends that will drive the biofuels and biorefining industry in 2011. Will Congress debate new energy legislation? Which federal agency will support construction of the first commercial advanced biofuel biorefinery, USDA, DOE or DOD? How important will biobased products and renewable chemicals be as advanced biofuels producers look for an economically viable model? BIO member companies weighed in to suggest Read More >
Video of Plenary Sessions from BIO's World Congress
BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology held 6 plenary sessions, featuring Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and DOE Asst. Secretary Cathy Zoi. Additionally, a World Economic Forum report on the Future of Industrial Biorefineries, detailing the potential economic contribution that industrial biotechnology can make, was presented by Novozymes CEO Steen Riisgaard. And a survey of the industrial biotech and advanced biofuel industry by McKinsey & Co. took the pulse of executives in the industry. In the Read More >
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Tags: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, algae, BIO, biobased products, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biomass, biorefineries, Cathy Zoi, industrial biotechnology, Investment, McKinsey & Company, meetings, Novozymes, renewable chemical, renewable fuel standard, USDA, World Congress on Industrial Biotech, World Economic Forum
Tags: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, algae, BIO, biobased products, biofuel, Biofuel Technology, biofuels, biomass, biorefineries, Cathy Zoi, industrial biotechnology, Investment, McKinsey & Company, meetings, Novozymes, renewable chemical, renewable fuel standard, USDA, World Congress on Industrial Biotech, World Economic Forum
Where is BIO: Dr. Rina Singh, Growing and Strengthening the Biobased Chemicals Industry
BIO is involved in many different policy areas, but did you know that BIO’s staff is participating in the biotech community—giving talks at various conferences and meetings around the world. Yesterday BIO’s very own Rina Singh Ph.D., Policy Director in the Industrial Biotechnology section at BIO, gave a presentation at a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Public Meeting: Biobased Intermediate Materials and Feedstocks. The title of her talk: Growing and Strengthening the Biobased Chemicals Read More >
DOE Awards Grants to Biofuel, Chemical Biorefineries
Last month, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced 19 biomass projects that would receive renewable energy grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The list included 14 pilot, 4 demonstration, and 1 commercial-scale project, receiving a total of $561 million in grants ranging in size from $2.5 million to $81 million. The projects will be located in 15 different states. Additionally, Vilsack announced a $54.5 million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee Read More >
