The Digest’s 2017 Guide to the 20 Top European biorefinery projects
You won't hear it from the NGOs orbiting Brussels who have long figured out that bashing biotechnology is good for the fund-raising cash register,...
Notes from the Circular Economy Front Lines: A fast company and its slow-release fertilizer
There’s a new and fascinating way to improve plant yield and farmer income, and it’s high technology in service of a very ancient idea...
The $20 Million Carbon XPRIZE: The 10 Finalists, revealed
In New York, XPRIZE announced the 10 teams advancing to the final round in the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.The 10 finalists, each taking...
The bioeconomy, #1 catalyst for rural development: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA...
Outgoing Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack put it best: "The bioeconomy is a catalyst for economic development in rural America, creating new jobs and providing...
AY-YI YI-YA AAAY, Gevo just can’t stop dancin’
So, feel the bioeconomy backbeat and let the music flow. AY-YI YI-YA AAAY, Gevo just can’t stop dancin’.
Whoops, that was Becky G's Can't Stop...
Biodiesel 2017: what’s up with Earth’s favorite advanced biofuel?
The makers of biodiesel, America’s favorite advanced biofuel, are gathering this week in San Diego for the leading annual gathering on the future of...
What Does it Take? The experts report from Ottawa on Scaling up the Bioeconomy
This past week, a remarkable group of people gathered in Ottawa, perhaps described best as the “friends of Jeff” because the ostensible excuse for...
Provivi and the insect love story that never happens
You known the basic pitch for dating sites from the relentless advertising of sites from eHarmony to FarmersOnly.com: that technology can make the world...
How’s that? Cellulosic fuels now worth $4.98/gallon, up 15% in 2 mos
The value of cellulosic fuels has reached $4.98 per gallon in the California market. That’s real-world, today, including the energy and the low-carbon attributes,...
USDA bioenergy programs gutted in 2018 Trump Budget: The Digest’s 7-Minute Guide
Rural Business Service to shut down; BCAP, REAP, loan guarantees gone; food stamps, crop insurance slashed.
Want to understand what USDA is targeting, cutting, growing...