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  • Minnesota businesses plan for future in green chemistry
    Published January 25, 2012
  • IATP applauds ethanol producer POET’s move to antibiotic-free ethanol production
    IATP applauds ethanol producer POET’s move to antibiotic-free ethanol... Published August 30, 2011
  • Back on track: Why BCAP is worth saving
    Despite early missteps, the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) is finally... Published July 1, 2011
  • The Greater Milan Initiative's Sustainable Energy Utility: Reducing the Rural Energy Burden
    Milan, Minnesota has established the first rural Sustainable Energy Utility (... Published August 11, 2010
  • Sustainable Energy Utility Trainings in Milan, Minnesota
    Schedule of training on energy conservation in Milan, Minnesota. Published May 16, 2010
  • Biomass Crop Assistance Program needs clarification, improvemement, says IATP
    The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) must undergo revision and refinement... Published April 14, 2010
  • Comments on the Proposed Rule for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program
    Letter with a list of recommendations for the Proposed Rule for the Biomass... Published April 13, 2010
  • The Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market Project
    A description of the Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market project. Published March 16, 2010
  • IATP Letter to USDA and DoJ on Agricultural Concentration
    Letter from IATP to USDA and DoJ on ag concentration and upcoming departmental... Published December 27, 2009
  • Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Policy
    Opposition to the Use of Hormone Growth Promoters in Beef and Dairy Cattle... Published November 9, 2009
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  • Learning from the indirect land use change debate
    Published February 1, 2012
  • Where from here? Minnesota’s leading role in green chemistry
    Published January 27, 2012
  • The water, energy and food nexus
    Published December 2, 2011
  • Video: Rethinking land use for biofuels
    Published September 21, 2011
  • World's largest ethanol producer drops the antibiotics
    Published August 30, 2011
  • Sounding off on ethanol sustainability
    Published July 28, 2011
  • Biofuels and land use: It's all how you look at it
    Published July 21, 2011
  • Antibiotics in ethanol? Just say no.
    Published May 26, 2011
  • Ethanol subsidies: better to burn out than to fade away?
    Published May 6, 2011
  • The sweet sell on Brazilian ethanol
    A hard—but impressive—pitch on sugar ethanol.
    Published March 31, 2011
  • Touched by agriculture: The Pantanal
    Published March 25, 2011
  • Tale of two farms in Brazil
    Published March 25, 2011
  • Photos from Brazil
    Published March 24, 2011
  • Everyone's land
    Published March 23, 2011
  • Challenges of Mato Grosso
    Published March 22, 2011
  • Land and power in Brazil
    Published March 22, 2011
  • On the ground in Rio with a diverse set of opinions
    Published March 21, 2011
  • Brazil: In the middle of the game on agriculture
    Published March 21, 2011
  • Learning about Brazilian agriculture
    Published March 18, 2011
  • The Brazil connection: agriculture, biofuels and land use
    Published March 16, 2011
  • Minnesota's green chemistry building blocks
    Published January 11, 2011
  • Press release: Biomass Crop Assistance Program needs clarification, improvement, says IATP
    Published April 15, 2010
  • Water consumption questions for biofuels—irrigated or non?
    Published January 13, 2010
  • BCAP boondoggle
    Published January 12, 2010
  • The Cost of Palm Oil
    Published October 14, 2009
  • Biomass program rolls out, raises eyebrows
    Published October 2, 2009
  • Ethanol Industry Explores Options to Antibiotics
    Published July 28, 2009
  • Getting Antibiotics Out of Ethanol
    Published July 16, 2009
  • Electric Cars vs. Big Mac
    Published July 13, 2009
  • Better Biodiesel
    Published June 22, 2009
  • Indirect Misdirect
    Published June 15, 2009
  • The Curious Case of Climate Policy and Corn Ethanol
    Published June 2, 2009
  • Ethanol's Contentious Carbon Footprint
    Published April 30, 2009
  • Biofuels Policy: What's Sustainable?
    Published February 17, 2009
  • Can Green Purchasing Change the World?
    Published October 31, 2008
  • Lessons from Forest Biomass
    Published June 19, 2008
  • Growing Minnesota Biodiesel - Responsibly
    Published May 16, 2008
  • Biofuels and Biodiversity
    Published May 6, 2008
  • Trade Rules and Biofuels
    Published April 14, 2008
  • Good Jobs, Green Jobs... for everyone!
    Published March 14, 2008
  • Farmer Agreement Offers Alternative to NAFTA's Failures
    Published February 4, 2008
  • "The market will get brutal next year"
    Published January 2, 2008
  • Sustainability in the Farm Bill
    Published December 11, 2007
  • Following up with Cargill
    Published November 19, 2007
  • Biofuels and Development
    Published November 11, 2007
  • Searching for clarity on biofuels
    Published November 7, 2007
  • A Perennial Bioeconomy?
    Published July 19, 2007

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