$80 million grant aims to make regenerative farming practice a moneymaker for farmers
Keeping plants continuously growing on farmland through the winter protects and enriches soil, improves water quality and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Lisa Schulte Moore, co-director of the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State, is working to make year-round covered ground a conventional practice.
ISU team receives XPRIZE Carbon Removal milestone award for innovative vision to remove carbon from the atmosphere
An Iowa State University research team that helped develop a demonstration-scale pyrolyzer capable of sequestering thousands of tons of carbon dioxide a year has received a prestigious milestone award from XPRIZE Carbon Removal.
Creating Fertilizer from Corn Stover Podcast Featuring Dr. Robert Brown
Since 1934, The Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman has been Iowa’s leading agriculture news source, and today it has the largest readership of any ag newspaper in Iowa. On Episode 116 of The Spokesman Speaks podcast hosted Dr. Robert Brown, Co-Director of the Bioeconomy Institute to discuss a unique initiative to produce renewable energy, fertilizer and more from corn stover, while sequestering carbon.
Conversations About Carbon
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Engineers study biochar to fertilize crops, manage manure odors, reduce greenhouse gases
"Heat up stalks, stems, leaves or wood in a reactor with little or no oxygen and you get bio-oil for fuel and biochar for fertilizer. [...] But efforts to study, develop and market the black powder as a fertilizer weren’t adding a lot of value to biochar – at least until there’s a carbon market that will pay a premium for the charcoal’s ability to store carbon."
Now Hiring: Program Specialist- Regenerative Agriculture
Job Description: Iowa State University is seeking applicants for a Program Specialist I. This role coordinates the day-to-day details to support project tasks and objectives for the USDA Climate-Smart Commodities “Horizon II” Award, a $10 million, five-year project with multiple partnering organizations.