New CASA-Bio Workshop Reports from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Catalyzing Across Sectors to Advance the Bioeconomy (CASA-Bio) Workshop Reports are now available Here.
Six workshops during August and September 2024 were led by multiple experts from academia, industry, and non-profit organizations. These leaders developed draft proposals for innovative R&D initiatives and high potential solution approaches to produce meaningful outcomes for the bioeconomy. A full description of the CASA-Bio Action Plan addressing the White House Executive Order can be accessed Here.
Curbside ‘Composting’ Is Finally Citywide in New York. Or Is It?
Much of the food scraps and other organic waste that’s collected will go not to compost piles but to producing “bio-gas” energy for the electric grid, which presents a host of environmental issues. Can the new program turn into a real composting effort? See More
Join the International Student Competition: ReThink Food Challenge!
The ReThink Food Challenge is an international student competition where participants develop a business idea that offers an innovative, circular, and sustainable approach to growing food on Earth by learning from research on space farming. Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands organized the Challenge, which is available to students from all around the world who are currently in/recently graduated BSc, MSc, and PhD can join. Students can participate in one of two tracks: alternative proteins or indoor farming, with a chance to win a 7000 Euro prize. See More
New Funding Awarded to Advance Circular Bioeconomy Systems
Five interdisciplinary teams awarded about $50 million to develop the science and technologies to transform natural materials into energy, animal feed, and other essential products. Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) partnered to fund these teams with the goal of transforming biomass into key products in a circular, fossil-fuel-free economy See More
NSF CASA-Bio Workshops on the Bioeconomy
NSF is organizing six CASA-Bio workshops focusing on use-inspired research and development opportunities for advancing the US Bioeconomy, which are in response to the 2022 bioeconomy White House Executive Order. NSF encourages applications from those interested in any of the 6 themes of the workshops. See more information about CASA-Bio here.
To apply to any of the workshops, click this link.
New McKinsey Report Explains “What is Circularity?”
New report asserts that transitioning to a circular economy presents an opportunity for businesses
to benefit economically and gain a competitive edge. It presents three principles for advancing to
a more circular economy and suggests approaches for different sector industries. See More
New Innovation Institute Circular Bioeconomy Project
The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (ORNL) in February selected a circular bioeconomy project as one of its newest Convergent Research Initiatives for joint research. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Erin Webb will co-lead the five-year Circular Bioeconomy Systems CRI with UT’s Niki Labbe. See More
Operational Local-Scale Circular Bioeconomy System of Systems
An example of an operational circular food system has been created in Florida that includes farm produce and use of sustainable local seafood and aquaculture to supply restaurants with fresh vegetables and seafood. Restaurant food wastes are returned to the farms to feed animals and regenerate soils. On-farm solar panels produce renewable energy for farm operations and to produce renewable energy for farm operations. See More
Local Renewable Energy Produces Nitrogen Fertilizer
On-farm demonstration of renewable energy in Minnesota to produce ammonia contributes to circular bioeconomy farming systems by reducing emissions of carbon to the atmosphere from fossil fuels while providing income streams in rural communities. See More
ASABE Receives Over $500,000 to Organize CBSI Workshops
These CBSI Workshops will convene invited thought leaders from different disciplines to
explore ways for increasing collaboration to create more circular bioeconomy systems. See More
New International Working Group on Circular Bioeconomy: Volunteers Needed
The CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering) has a new working group on Circular BioEconomy (CBE) to explore how ag and biosystems engineering can advance technologies and practices to create a more circular bioeconomy.
technologies and practices to create a more circular bioeconomy. See More
