Iowa-based organization connects food and agtech startups with resources and relationships that fuel innovation and growth. By Mark Laurenzo, Business Development Manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority Special to The Digest Iowa’s nutrient-rich land has yielded much more than ample harvests of corn and soybeans used to feed the nation and produce biofuels. Hundreds of years’ […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO Special to The Digest In an exclusive Special to the Digest, Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO shares a 2-Part Series on ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy. In this second part, we look at the importance of measuring and managing environmental, social, and governance […]
By Jeff Passmore, CEO Passmore Group Inc.; Chair, Scaling Up Special to The Digest If you heard Canada is sitting on an untapped $200 billion/year sustainable economic development opportunity for forestry, agriculture and municipal solid waste, would you not want to hear more? In its May 2020 report “The Bio Revolution: Innovations transforming economies, societies, […]
By Burl Haigwood, Advisor to the Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The Great Texas Blackout of 2021 was a travesty, and one we can never repeat. Imagine it is 2050 and Texas gets hit by another winter storm, flood, heat wave, or God forbid, a physical or cyber terrorist attack on […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO Special to The Digest In an exclusive Special to the Digest, Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO shares a 2-Part Series on ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy. In this first part, we look at the importance of ethics in ESG investing and how to […]
By Iacovos Vasalos, Research Director Emeritus, Center for Research and Technology-Hellas Special to The Digest This report summarizes highlights from the ABLC 2020 Biofuels Digest Virtual Conference, which took place in July 7-10, 2020. (And if you haven’t already registered for this year’s ABLC Digital on May 3-7, 2021, check it out now here.) There […]
By Bill Hagy, Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest One of President Biden’s Clean Energy initiatives includes partnering with farmers, ranchers and businesses engaged in livestock production to implement environmentally sound agriculture practices and deploy methane digesters that generate new sources of energy and revenue. Agriculture producers and businesses engaged in the livestock […]
By Ronald Newman, PhD, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Summary The 2020 declared US market for consumer products made from hemp-derived phytocannabinoid extracts is expected to be close to $1billion, with the most significant consumption occurring in the State of California (projected from 2019 data by Statista, Inc). Growth in 2020 was relatively […]
By Steve Melink, Author of Fusion Capitalism: A Clean Energy Vision For Conservatives, and founder/CEO of Melink Corporation Special to The Digest President Joe Biden’s agenda to combat climate change gained momentum with his signing of several executive actions in just his second week in office. Those came on the heels of other significant environmental […]
By Doug Durante, Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to the Digest Economics 101 teaches us the way to increase value of any product is to increase demand for that product. In the case of ethanol our historic increase in production has been a result of a corresponding demand increase, driven by a combination […]
