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Expertise, Experience & Contacts
Bioenergy and carbon trading are the new frontiers of an agricultural revolution driven by biotechnology and state and federal legislation. Dr. Morton is positioned at the center of this revolution.
- Access to current legislation and the associated key players in Congress
- Contributor to the policy committees that review research progress and set new research priorities
- DOE Biomass Research & Development Technical Advisory Committee – Guest
- USDA/Agricultural Research Service National Bioenergy Stakeholders’ Meeting to set research priorities – Invited Participant
- USDA/Cooperative State Research and Education Service Stakeholders’ Workshop to set plant and pest research priorities – Invited Participant
- National Research Council Workshop on the National Plant Genome Initiative - Guest
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- Access to the USDA National Program Leaders and the leading university bioenergy and biotechnology researchers
- Knowledge of the research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
- Reviewer of competitive grant proposals for the Sun Grant Initiative.
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Consulting Services Tailored to Your Priorities
- Expertise in identifying opportunities, eliminating barriers, and finding solutions
- Knowledge and ideas integrated into feasible investment options
- Evaluation of proposed agricultural and bioenergy projects
- Integrated biomass crop production systems
- Direct communication and meetings with your management team and clients.
Emerging Opportunities
- Technology and equipment associated with alternative methods of converting biomass into biofuel
- Real estate appreciation potential of sub prime/marginal farmland
- Sale of carbon credits generated by changes in farming practices, especially reduced nitrogen fertilization
- Collateral service industries resulting from bioenergy generation.
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