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Regional Strategy for Biobased Products in the Mississippi Delta
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Bioworks Magazine
Fall 2009
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Memphis Bioworks Foundation: Leading the way for a Regional Bioeconomy
AgBioworks is an initiative of Memphis Bioworks Foundation and BioDimensions dedicated to developing new agricultural technologies and processing, which will result in a strong bioeconomy in the Mississippi Delta. Bioeconomy refers to the sustainable use of agricultural and forestry products to supply abundant food, biofuels and biobased products that are increasing in global importance. The development of strategies to increase biodiversity, opportunities for farmers and increase green jobs has created new opportunities to impact workforce development and the economy.
Featured Reports
"Biomass and Biofuels Development in Kentucky" A Collaborative effort of the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy and the Energy and Environment Office, December 10, 2009
"Tennessee Biofuels Intiative Fact Sheet" Prepared by University of Tennessee, November 2009
"Commentary and Overview for the Tennessee Processing Cooperative Law" University of Tennessee Extension Service
"More than Green Fuel in a Dirty Economy" World Wildlife Foundation, 2009
News
Memphis Bioworks Awarded $2.9 Million ARRA Department of Labor Grant for Green Jobs TrainingJan 06, 2010AgBioworks Memphis Bioworks Foundation announced it has been awarded a $2.9 million Energy Training Partnership Grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Green Jobs Training Program. The two-year initiative will fund programs to train area workers for jobs in energy-efficiency and renewable energy occupations. Memphis Bioworks Foundatio.... |
Growing a Biobased FutureDec 07, 2009, By Brian GoffMid-South Farmer Magazine  Thanks to a partnership between a Memphis-based nonprofit research foundation and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, a number of West Tennessee farmers are now growing non-conventional crops that may soon be used to create everything from cooking oil to plastics to help satisfy a global demand for a wide range of refined products. .... |
Ailing Delta can take lead in ag-based drive to 'bioeconomy'Nov 29, 2009, By Peter Nelson, Special to The Commercial AppealThe Commercial Appeal While the economic problems of the Mississippi River Delta region are long-standing
and complex, there is hope for the region and it lies directly under our feet.
The very factor that a Nov. 8 article in The Commercial Appeal's Viewpoint section
cited as one of reasons for the demise of the Delta region -- agriculture - can be the
catalyst f.... |
‘Low-hanging fruit’ in bioeconomyOct 15, 2009, By Elton RobinsonDelta Farm Press  "Low-hanging fruit" for Mid-South farmers wanting to invest in the budding bioeconomy include ethanol from sweet sorghum; ligno-cellulosic-based ethanol; oilseed crops and crushing facilities; and the production of co-firing biomass used in coal-fired power plants, a new study shows. The study was coordinated by the Memphi.... |
Farmers hear future of biobased productsSep 17, 2009, By Kyser LoughMurray Ledger & Times  Local farmers met Tuesday night to hear one company's idea of the future and how the western Kentucky region might be involved. Representatives from the Memphis Bioworks Foundation hosted the event with Murray State University and the Purchase Area Development District, and presented the findings of a five-state, 98-county study titled t.... |
AgBioworks Featured at University of Missouri's Delta Center Field DaySep 03, 2009AgBioworks  The Regional Strategy for Biobased Products in the Mississippi Delta was featured at the annual field day and breakfast for the University of Missouri's Delta Center in Portageville, Missouri. |
Mid-South has 'bioeconomy' potentialAug 27, 2009, By Toby SellsThe Commercial Appeal A shift to a "bioeconomy" could bring 25,000 jobs in 10 years and $8 billion annually to the Mid-South, according to a new study commissioned by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. The study was conducted by Battelle Technology Partnership Practice, the same group that concluded in 2003 t.... |
Study: Local Agbio Sector Could Create 50,000 JobsExtensive acreage ripe for fruitful futureAug 27, 2009, By Tom WilemonMemphis Daily News The fertile lands that surround Memphis could generate as much as $8 billion a year in the emerging bioeconomy as petroleum-based products are replaced with plant-based ones, according to a study released this week by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. The Regional Strategy for Biobased Products in the Mississippi Delta encompasses 36 millio.... |
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