http://agriculture.georgiainnovation.org/feature_projects Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:16:01 GMT Feature Projects for Agriculture /feature_projects/details/28 The bioenergy business is booming in the state of Georgia. While less than five bioenergy companies are operational in Georgia today, over 80 are considering locating or starting up in our state. With these companies choosing Georgia and with our many resources to support bioenergy, Georgia is positioned to emerge as a national and global leader in the bioenergy revolution. What makes Georgia such a bioenergy-friendly state? "Several factors are key," explained Bill Boone, director of th... Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:51:07 GMT /feature_projects/details/28 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/32 TIFTON- As gas prices continue to climb and the U.S. struggles with dependence on foreign oil, the bioenergy industry is expanding its quest to create renewable energy sources. In Georgia nearly 600 growers, business people, researchers, educators and others became part of that quest at the Southeast Bioenergy Conference in Tifton. The conference showcased biofuel industry leaders representing start-ups, well-established companies and organizations willing to share their real-world experience... Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:22:42 GMT /feature_projects/details/32 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/30 Fuel for the Future :Cellulosic Ethanol Southeast Bioenergy Conference to feature Georgia biofuel companies producing cellulosic ethanol With its abundance of timber and forestry waste, the Southeast is poised to play a significant role in the production of a new type of alternative fuel - cellulosic ethanol. Rather than being produced from the fermenting of grain-based feedstocks such as corn, cellulosic ethanol can be produced by breaking down cellulose, the tough, building blocks of pl... Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:15:16 GMT /feature_projects/details/30 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/29 Tifton, GA-Recycling waste is not a new concept for Americans. We've figured out a way to recycle a variety of items -everything from aluminum cans to old tires. It's recycling waste or by-products to produce renewable energy that is attracting a great deal of attention as the ultimate recycling project in the United States. The Southeast Bioenergy Conference, July 31-August 2 in Tifton, Georgia will focus even more attention on this hot recycling topic by featuring waste to energy exper... Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:45:15 GMT /feature_projects/details/29 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/22 Round two, full steam ahead. C2 BioFuels, a company focused on the commercial production of ethanol from pine trees, now has the fuel it needs to take it to the next level - a second $100,000 research grant. The grant, accessed through the Agriculture Innovation Center (AgIC) and funded through the "One Georgia Authority":http://www.onegeorgia.org, provides money for a crucial item: continued lab optimization work to develop scalable processes for large scale commercial production. "We have ... Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:17:37 GMT /feature_projects/details/22 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/21 Hearing something "through the grapevine" means to hear something from another person through word of mouth. For Chris Paulk of Muscadine Products Corporation (MPC) in Irwin County, the south Georgia agricultural "grapevine" has proved very fruitful. By talking with Bobby Rowe, an Entrepreneur Outreach specialist (EOS) with Georgia's EOS program, Chris learned more about the Agricultural Innovation Center (AgIC) in Tifton. "Bobby has known our family and business, Paulk Vineyards, for ... Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:10:54 GMT /feature_projects/details/21 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/17 Innovative technology developed by Ag-Networks, a business incubator client at the Agriculture Innovation Center, provides direct services to an important sector of the farming operation - the legal H2 agriculture guest worker. Primarily Hispanic, these workers typically call family members via pay phones and send money home via wire services after cashing their paychecks. The problems with these methods include a growing lack of pay phones, the high cost of pay phones and check cashing servi... Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:03:58 GMT /feature_projects/details/17 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/4 The OneGeorgia Authority announced the first fiscal year '06 research grants supporting the Georgia Centers of Innovation (COI) program totaling $140,000 at a recent board meeting. The awards provide matching research funds to support entrepreneurial research projects in the field of agriculture. One of the grant recipients, Automated Irrigation Controls is a client of the Agriculture Innovation Center (AgIC), a division of the Georgia Centers of Innovation. The AgIC serves as a one-stop sh... Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:20:02 GMT /feature_projects/details/4 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/3 According to the Ford website, Henry Ford planned to use ethanol as the primary fuel for his Model T. But others thought "Black Gold" was the answer. Now, it looks like Henry and the moonshiners had it right all along. If only the old-timers had positioned their coveted substance as a fuel source instead of the answer to prohibition, our world might be a different place. However, if entrepreneurs Roger Reisert and Clint Thompson with C2 Biofuels have their way, it's not too late to change th... Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:18:25 GMT /feature_projects/details/3 info@georgiainnovation.org /feature_projects/details/38 Ag Expo broadband wireless access sets standard for South Georgia TIFTON-Change will literally be in the air again this year at the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo, thanks in part to Georgia's Agriculture Innovation Center (AgIC). High-speed broadband wireless access will be available throughout the show grounds for the second consecutive year, and AgIC and partners are now pushing for wireless access across rural Georgia. They hope that this kind of positive change will help farmers adapt ... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:24:37 GMT /feature_projects/details/38 info@georgiainnovation.org