Biofuels: Clean, Renewable, and Local.
Scott Williams
An overview of the
cooperative organization, oil collection and processing, fuel partnership
programs, & the science surrounding biofuels will be presented. Biofuels
offer a clean, renewable, & locally produced way to improve sustainability &
decrease carbon dioxide pollution, while ending the dependence on foreign
fossil fuels.
About: Scott Williams, Ph.D., is the
Managing Director of the Omaha Biofuels Cooperative. Scott has had an appointment as a Graduate
Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory, worked as a postdoctoral fellow
at Helmholtz Center Berlin, and then at Johns Hopkins University studying
advanced biofuels made from algae. He currently also works part-time as
an Academic Advisor at NorthStar Foundation's after school program. infoOmahaBiofuelsCoop.org,
www.omahabiofuelscoop.org,
Urban Community Garden
Initiatives: City of Omaha, Adams Park & NOIHC
The Adams Park Community Garden
Program is a garden program developed on public land. The program teaches
community residents how to grow, cook, and preserve seasonally healthy nutrient
food. This session will share information about the program and what they
plan for 2015. The Prospect Village Community Garden Program is a City of Omaha
– Planning Department initiative that has put into production eight
underutilized lots owned by the city. This session will share information
about project development and next steps.
About: Orentheian Everett, Recreational
Supervisor, Adams Park Community Center for City of Omaha. He is also a member of the Nebraska
Recreation & Parks Association. Previously, he served as the Teen Program
Director for Omaha Metro YMCA in Valley.
About: Bill
Lukash works for the City of Omaha Planning Department as a City Planner. His responsibilities include NEPA compliance,
healthy housing, and the Omaha Lead Registry.
A discussion between a chef and a farmer. Rebecca Bloom &
Clayton Chapman
Experiences of a farmer/chef
relationship growing specialty produce for upscale restaurants
About: For the past 14 years
Rebecca Bloom has been owner of Bloomsorganic, a small diversified farm outside
Crescent, Iowa. She starts the season by providing plants for the public
& the farms needs--growing herbs, veggies & flower starts inside a
large greenhouse. These plant starts & all the food grown are
certified organic. In the high tunnel & two acres of crop land, a
wide variety of food crops are grown throughout the season. She & her
employees sell to restaurants, grocery stores & plants at the Benson
Farmer's market & other local retailers.
How to Educate Farmers to Advocate. Kevin Fulton
& Joe Maxwell
About: Kevin Fulton (Fulton Farms is a full-time
farmer with a 2,800-acre organic grass-fed beef operation near Litchfield in
Sherman County. He has been passionately promoting sustainable agriculture for
the last eight years after converting his land base from a conventional crop
farm to an organic grass-based operation. Kevin also serves on the board of
Director of NSAS.
About: Joe Maxwell grew up on a family farm in the small town of
Rush Hill, Missouri, the son of a hard-working family farmer. Today, as Vice
President of Outreach & Engagement for The HSUS, Maxwell works directly
with family farmers, helping them organize into producer groups to open direct
markets for their own products. Maxwell is a former president of the
Association of Family Farmers, an organization associated with the Agriculture
of the Middle Project, and is a member of the Organization for Competitive
Markets and the Missouri Farmers Union.
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