Science in the streets.
REMEDIATION WORK GROUP
Bio-allies for cleaning up.
Danielle Stevenson is a leader in putting fungi to work in the streets....
We offer phytoremediation programs using hemp and fungi, both uniquely qualified to deal with all manner of contaminants in the soil. Their advantage: effective, low cost and scalable.
After removing the biomass, it is processed into biochar, which destroys PFAs. Returning the biochar continues the remediation and completes the one year cycle.
Read here about hemp and phosphorous.
PYROLYSIS WORK GROUP
Bioconversion expertise.
ReWOOD (Renewables-based Economy from Wood) is a Georgia Tech group focused on commercializing biomass technologies on a large scale, starting with residual forest products. Pyrolyis is one method that they specialize in. They have been developing biomass pathways with regional and state of Georgia partners to capitalize on biomass energy.
BIOCHAR WORK GROUP
The soil / atmosphere connection.
Biochar pulls carbon from the atmosphere and puts it back in the soil where it belongs. It's the key product of the biomass industry, converting organic waste streams to economic and environmental value. (Read the MIT site.)
Kristin Foehringer is uniquely qualified to lead a regional biochar science program. She is a PhD environmental scientist, until recently leading USDA promotion of biochar out of the Chippewa Falls, WI office. Her program is popular across the upper Great Lakes region, with farm, ag industry groups.
We have a historic opportunity to bring the concept of 'regenerative farming' into the mainstream. Decisions about farming need to be based on economics and science.