Archives: August 2008
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28 August 2008
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer to keynote ‘Transition to a Bioeconomy’ conference
OAK BROOK, IL August 27, 2008: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer will be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 15-16 conference, Transition to a Bioeconomy: Environmental and Rural Development Impacts. The conference will be at the Hyatt Regency-Union Station, St. Louis, Mo. (more…)
19 August 2008
Call for Papers: Transition to a Bioeconomy Conference October 15-16, 2008
A conference sponsored by Farm Foundation, USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses and USDA Economic Research Service
October 15-16, 2008
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at Union Station
St. Louis, Missouri
The nation’s rapid transition to a bioeconomy has significant implications for agriculture, the food system, rural communities and the global economy. Farm Foundation and USDA are sponsoring a series of conferences to inventory current knowledge, highlight lessons learned to date, identify future possibilities and determine what we need to know for the future. These conferences and the products produced from them will provide government, industry, academic and community leaders with objective information and analysis they can use to make more informed decisions related to the bioeconomy in the next decade. (more…)
4 August 2008
Congress Votes to Fund the Sustainability Movement in Higher Education
(Washington) - Today Congress passed all provisions of the Higher Education Sustainability Act (HESA) as part of the new Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HR 4137). HR 4137, expected to be signed into law shortly by President Bush, creates a pioneering “University Sustainability Grants Program” at the Department of Education. It will offer competitive grants to institutions and associations of higher education to develop, implement and evaluate sustainability curricula, practices, and academic programs. (more…)
28 August 2008
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer to keynote ‘Transition to a Bioeconomy’ conference
OAK BROOK, IL August 27, 2008: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer will be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 15-16 conference, Transition to a Bioeconomy: Environmental and Rural Development Impacts. The conference will be at the Hyatt Regency-Union Station, St. Louis, Mo. (more…)
19 August 2008
Call for Papers: Transition to a Bioeconomy Conference October 15-16, 2008
A conference sponsored by Farm Foundation, USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses and USDA Economic Research Service
October 15-16, 2008
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at Union Station
St. Louis, Missouri
The nation’s rapid transition to a bioeconomy has significant implications for agriculture, the food system, rural communities and the global economy. Farm Foundation and USDA are sponsoring a series of conferences to inventory current knowledge, highlight lessons learned to date, identify future possibilities and determine what we need to know for the future. These conferences and the products produced from them will provide government, industry, academic and community leaders with objective information and analysis they can use to make more informed decisions related to the bioeconomy in the next decade. (more…)
4 August 2008
Congress Votes to Fund the Sustainability Movement in Higher Education
(Washington) - Today Congress passed all provisions of the Higher Education Sustainability Act (HESA) as part of the new Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HR 4137). HR 4137, expected to be signed into law shortly by President Bush, creates a pioneering “University Sustainability Grants Program” at the Department of Education. It will offer competitive grants to institutions and associations of higher education to develop, implement and evaluate sustainability curricula, practices, and academic programs. (more…)
