The Agroecosystems Management Program

This page provides access to materials on various topics. It's organized by discussion topic..... Interested? Just click the underlined blue text to read more...............

Energy

The Main Street Economist article, "Can Ethanol Power the Rural Economy" discusses the opportunities and risks of investing in ethanol production as a means of fueling the rural economy:

http://www.kansascityfed.org/ruralcenter/mainstreet/MSE_0107.pdf

Ohio Biomass Inventory

Sara Ward, Ohio Department of Development, on: "Ohio Energy Policy: Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts", presented October 2, 2006

For information on Ohio State University's plans for improving efficiency and sustainability at the Columbus campus: http://fod.osu.edu/energy_sustainability/docs/Business_Plan_Energy_Services_Sustainability_4-11-06.pdf

"Energy Efficient Programs in Agriculture", On-Farm Energy Use Characterizations" and "Potential Energy Efficiency Savings in the Agricultural Sector" http://www.aceee.org/industry/agriculture.htm#reports

For more information on renewable energy and energy efficiency in agriculture see: http://attra.ncat.org/energy.php

Find out about Biotown, USA, an Indiana State Department of Agriculture project to completely meet the energy needs of the town of Reynolds, IN via biorenewable resources: http://www.in.gov/biotownusa

Biofuel from Algae??

http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html

Looks as though some investors are talking about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/07algae.html

Emergy

Emergy analysis of food production at S&S Homestead Farm

Emergy evaluation of the performance and sustainability of three agricultural systems

Local Food

Willingness to pay for locally produced foods: A customer perception study of direct market and

grocery stores: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pdf_view.pl?paperid=21962

Two-Year Sustainable Agriculture Programs

Central Carolina Community College http://www.cccc.edu/catalog/agriculture.pdf

Connors State College http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=5470212