2016 Annual Meeting

S-1041 Symposium: Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Hosted by USDA, ARS
Albany, California
August 9, 2016

Proceedings (click here)

Presentation slides (click on the titles below)

Future of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Biomass.  Paul Bryan, Independent Consultant

California Almond Industry Searches for Innovative Solutions for Biomass.  Karen Lapsley, Almond Board of California

Engineered and Edited Crops and Foods:  Where Are We? Peggy G. Lemaux, UC Berkeley

Driving Sustainability at the Energy-Water-Food Nexus.   John Wind, Partners in Sustainability Integration

ATP’s Patent-Pending Combined Remediation, Biomass & Bio-Product Production (CRBBP) Process.  Joseph James,  Agri-Tech Producers, Inc.

Switchgrass Research at the WRRC.  Christian Tobias, USDA Agricultural Research Services

Domestic Natural Rubber from Guayule: A Multi-Product Biorefinery Model.  Colleen McMahan, USDA Agricultural Research Services

Reduced Density of Bioplastic Structures. Mike Waggoner, Grow Plastics, Inc.

Production of Biopolymers from Biogas.  Anne Schauer-Gimenez, Mango Materials

The Use of Biochar and Mineral Wastes to Improve Soil Fertility.  Allison Flynn, Omnis Minerals