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Minnesota Green Chemistry 2013: Beakers to Business Plans

January 25th, 2013

Register now The Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum presents our third annual green chemistry conference, entitled "Minnesota Green Chemistry 2013: Beakers to Business Plans." This day-long conference will feature keynotes, panels and break-out sessions highlighting what it takes to bring green chemistry into the marketplace. Morning sessions will focus on research, technology, work force and labor issues, and academic partnerships. The focus of the afternoon will be business success stories and the “nuts and bolts” of implementing green chemistry for both start-ups and established c

An Update on the World Bank’s Experimentation with Soil Carbon

At the first Hague Conference on Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change in November 2010, the World Bank launched its first agricultural soil carbon project in Africa. The Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project (KACP) has been promoted as a “triple win” for mitigation, adaptation and increased crop yields.

FDA refuses (again) to regulate antibiotics used in making ethanol

What does it take to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fulfill their duty to protect public health? More than a letter from two members of Congress, apparently.

Letter from FDA in response to Reps. Slaughter and Markey regarding antibiotic use in ethanol production

 A response to Reps. Markey and Slaughter's May 2012 letter regarding FDA mandate to regulate antibiotics used in ethanol production.

The MN Green Chemistry Forum Happy Hour and Seminar

November 8th, 2012

Investing in green chemistry: Enabling a better tomorrow Investment has proven to be critical for the growth of green chemistry and bio-based materials, as large amounts of capital are needed to take new chemicals and products to the market. With demand for safer chemicals increasing as consumers seek products that have minimal climate, energy and environmental problems, green chemistry has begun to take center stage for investors across the world. Minnesota is proving itself as a vital hub for this development. In fact, in quarter two of 2012 bio-based materials were the largest

California makes history on the right to water

On Wednesday, September 26 Governor Jerry Brown of California signed the bill AB 685, into law, establishing the policy that every person in California has the right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water.

Tiny, Scary, Unregulated

It seems like the stuff of science fiction: the ability to manipulate matter atom by individual atom into new structures, some imitating those found in nature, others completely novel.

Radio Sustain September 28, 2012

September 28, 2012 What is nanotechnology? What should the public know about it as it makes its way into food and agriculture? Why is it still unregulated? IATP's Steve Suppan explains.

New safety concerns raised by GMO corn study

Mammals fed a diet of genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready corn for two years died earlier and developed more tumors and liver and kidney damage, according to a new study published this week in the peer-reviewed journal, Food

What an expiring Farm Bill means to you

It has always been an amusing pastime for agricultural policy wonks to envision what would happen if a Farm Bill was allowed to expire. Nobody actually thought that it could come to fruition; after all, the uncertainty that it would impose on farmers and agricultural markets would be too great for Congress not to act on passing a new Farm Bill.