UT biomass field day demonstrates industry's expertise

Southeast Farm Press
By Patricia McDaniels, University of Tennessee
Nov. 3, 2011 6:

•UT biomass field day demonstrates industry's expertise
•Good return on investment
• The event was designed to provide state-of-the-art, research-based information to participants regarding biomass production and related systems.

October’s Biomass: From Grow to Go Field Day, sponsored by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy along with several co-sponsors, demonstrated the industry’s growing expertise in biomass production, processing, and conversion research to farmers, industry representatives and students alike.

More than 1,000 attended over the course of the two-day event, including some 625 local middle- and high-school students.

Other co-sponsors of the event included Genera Energy, LLC; DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol; and Ceres, Inc. The event was designed to provide state-of-the-art, research-based information to participants regarding biomass production and related systems.

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