The 2008 Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit has been announced!
“Next Generation Ag Energy: Policies to Advance Regional Growth”
February 5 & 6, 2008
Monona Terrace Convention and Community Center
Madison, WI
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Renewable Energy Expeditions For the past two years, Will Steger has toured farmer-owned renewable energy facilities across Southern Minnesota on a “renewable energy expedition”. These tours are the result of collaboration between the Minnesota Project and the Minnesota Natural Legacy Campaign. 2007 tour stops included: Farmers Union Industries Northland Biodiesel Plant in Redwood Falls; the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company in Benson, MN; and the 27th Annual Farmfest in Redwood County.
Read more about the Will Steger Renewable Energy Expeditions!
Information and Resources
Better Biofuels Can Heal Spent Croplands, by Loni Kemp, March 20, 2008
Reinvest in Minnesota – Clean Energy Program, Minnesota Project Fact Sheet, February 25, 2008
Farm Bill 2008: Biomass Energy Reserve Fact Sheet, February 19, 2008
Farming and Soil Carbon: A Partial Solution to the Global Warming Problem, 821kb pdf, October 2005
Renewable Energy from Farms: Building on the Principles of Sustainable Agriculture to Achieve Sustainable Energy, 111kb pdf. Report of the Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (MSAWG), June 2002
Midwest Ag Energy Network Goals
The Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit was held in St. Paul in December 2006. The goals of the Network are to:
- Act as a vehicle for farm groups and key partners to share information and perspectives and jointly develop and evaluate policy options.
- Provide leadership within Midwestern agricultural organizations and constituencies regarding policy goals and tools needed to achieve those goals.
- Be a policy incubator, where policy options are surfaced, researched, debated and shared widely with participating groups.
- Serve as a clearinghouse for information on policy and ideas for participating groups and individual farmers interested in advancing renewable energy development.
- Unite members behind the goal of building strong rural economies through renewable energy development.
For more information, please visit the Midwest Ag Energy Network's website.
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