In Florida, the 2021 50 Hottest Companies in Agriculture and Nutrition was published today, as voted by invited international Selectors and subscribers of The Daily Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily.
The annual rankings recognize innovation and achievement in fuel, chemicals, materials, advanced foods, genetics, advanced biological and process engineering and integrated biorefinery development, and were first awarded in 2008. The Hot 50 in Biodesign & Engineering will be announced in the Daily Digest on January 3rd, and the Hot 50 in Renewable Fuels, Chemicals & Materials was announced on December 30th.
One theme that stood out was fresh faces and young companies only 7 of the Hot 50 had been founded prior to the establishment of the Hot 50 rankings in 2008. 17 of the companies were exclusively focused on advanced foods particularly vegan protein.
(Renewable Fuels Association) Association to Celebrate 40th Anniversary Throughout 2021 Forty years ago this month, a small group of innovative farmers and like-minded business leaders came together to officially found the Renewable Fuels Association. The overarching goal of the new trade group was as admirable as it was ambitious: grow production and demand for ethanol, a relatively unknown renewable fuel that was cleaner-burning, homegrown, and environmentally friendly.
Four decades later, the U.S. ethanol industry has grown into a thriving and dynamic renewable energy powerhouse, and RFA continues to build upon the vision, leadership, and ingenuity of its founders.
Through various publications and activities, RFA will celebrate its 40th anniversary all year long in 2021. The association will look back on the milestones of an industry that grew from just a handful of small plants in a few Corn Belt states to more than 200 sophisticated, high-tech biorefineries nationwide. Tod
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 The Renewable Fuels Association issued the following news release on Dec. 23:Forty years ago this month, a small group of innovative farmers and like-minded business leaders came together to officially found the Renewable Fuels Association. The overarching goal of the new trade group was as admirable as it was ambitious: grow production and demand for
In Washington, a huge year-end spending package passed Congress yesterday. The $1.4 trillion spending package includes appropriation for Fiscal Year 2021, the COVID stimulus package, extensions of popular tax credits that otherwise expired on December 31st, and the Energy Act of 2020, a $35B version of a larger energy bill that has been drifting around in Congress since 2016.
At the White House, the President criticized the bill for wasteful provisions and for insufficient COVID stimulus and called on Congress to amend the legislation, but stopped short of a veto threat. Without the President’s signature, the government shuts down at midnight tonight.
As Fuels America noted, “the new omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief package extends key tax provisions for low-carbon biofuels and explicitly authorizes the USDA to deliver on long-awaited aid for biofuel producers.” One Hill observer added, “The bill is a classic end-of-year compromise: everybody got something, and
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