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The forum will be held on Thursday, Sept. 22, beginning at 9 a.m., at the CDFA headquarters auditorium, 1220 N. St., Sacramento. The facility is wheelchair accessible.
To participate in the meeting by teleconference, please dial the toll-free meeting access number, 1-888-790-1735. The passcode is CDFA 2332.
Documents and presentations for this meeting will be available at www.energy.ca.gov/2010-ALT-1/.
Forum outcomes include understanding the key economic and policy drivers for agriculture and biofuel development; panel discussions on important sector issues; identifying the challenges and opportunities that intersect agriculture and biofuel development in California; and understanding the realistic expectations of biofuels and biofuel feedstocks that will lead to commercialization.
The California Agriculture Biofuel Forum will explore mutually beneficial opportunities for California’s agriculture businesses and biofuel producers as the state experiences the expected growth of biofuel production plants.
Converting dairy farm biogas, food processing waste, orchard prunings and other agriculture waste residue to transportation fuels offer agriculture businesses an opportunity to reduce residue processing expenses. Purpose grown crops may provide other biofuel options.
The forum is designed to solicit information and encourage discussion from agriculture businesses and the biofuel industry to better understand public policy and investments.
These investments include the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture programs.
This forum also will consider business and economic models, and challenges and opportunities experienced by agriculture businesses and the biofuel industry. California stakeholders, including policy makers, industry stakeholders, businesses, and academia, will participate in this forum.
