Keep it Small Keep it All: Cultivating the Bioeconomy at the Local Scale

Schedule

7:45 a.m. Registration

8:45 a.m. Welcome - Professor Gene Parkin, Director, CHEEC

9:00 a.m. Keynote Address

Dr. Louis Licht, President Ecolotree Inc.
Keep it small and keep it in all in Iowa: Where all raw products are locally processed and all wastes cycled

9:45: Plenary Session

Kent Madison, Madison Farms Inc, Echo Oregon
Small Scale Biodiesel Development and Use

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:30 Plenary Session

Roger Brown, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University
Plight of single or small clusters of wind turbines

11:45-1:00 p.m. Lunch - Local Grown Foods
Speaker: Christine Taliga- Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development

1:00 p.m. - Plenary Session

Linda Snetselaar, Ph.D. Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa
Boosting Health Through Local Food Production

1:45: Plenary Session

Rich Pirog, Associate Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
Economic and Environmental Impact of Local Food Production

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 Plenary Session

Kamyar Enshayan, Director, UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education
Obey Thermodynamics, It's the Law

3:30 Closing Remarks/ Adjourn

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