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Agenda and Packet Materials for City Council Meeting 06 07 2016 (City of Salida, CO)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
(Source. City of Salida, CO). The agenda and packet are now available for the June 7, 2016 City Council Meeting. REGULAR MEETING CALLED TO ORDER -. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Mayor Jim LiVecchi. ROLL CALL. PRESENTATION. Monarch Spur Trail Restoration Project - Donna Rhoads. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION - Not to exceed 90 total minutes ... Change in Location Public Hearing for Las Camelinas Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License (Christian Samora) ... (noodl....

How Fish Farms Destroy the Ecosystem and Threaten Your Health

Edit Mercola 24 May 2016
To substitute omega-3 oils from fish, genetically modified (GM) canola and camelina that contain omega-3 have been developed ... approved GM camelina in 2014, and it's being promoted as an omega-3 supplement for both humans and farmed fish ... — which feed on canola and camelina — the insects grew heavier and suffered a high frequency of wing deformities....

Chance Finding Could Transform Plant Production: Study (University of Guelph)

Edit Public Technologies 16 May 2016
(Source. University of Guelph). An almost entirely accidental discovery by University of Guelph researchers could transform food and biofuel production and increase carbon capture on farmland ... The wild plant is on the left and the transgenic plant on the right ... He said the team's finding could boost yields of important oilseed crops such as canola and soybean, as well as crops such as camelina, increasingly grown for biofuels ... (noodl....

Pesticides, GMOs and Corporate Control: The Poster Child is Monsanto but Neil Young is the ...

Edit CounterPunch 13 May 2016
Neil Young has a long history of activism. He is a co-founder of Farm Aid, which works to support small and family farmers in North America, while his song Ohio is to be one of the greatest protest songs ever made ... She says. ... She adds. ... New field trials have just been given the go ahead for GM camelina and GM potatoes and we are on track to start living the GMO nightmare that people in the Americas are so desperately trying to escape....

NDSU receives $2 million grant for cover crop research (North Dakota State University)

Edit Public Technologies 12 May 2016
(Source. North Dakota State University). The U.S ... Cover crops are grasses, legumes and forbs planted to provide soil cover on cropland when it is bare, such as before crops emerge in the spring or after harvest in the fall ... The research project will include seeding four cover crops - rye, forage radish, camelina and a legume - into standing corn and soybeans at different growth stages in trial plots in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa....

Nutritionally-Enchanted GM Crops? Too Bad About the Deformed Butterflies

Edit CounterPunch 21 Apr 2016
Rothamsted Research in the UK has to of the GM camelina this year following an initial ... In an objection to the field trial of the GM camelina – filed before these findings were published – of a high risk that the plant could spread into the environment. ... The study also raises a major question over whether the GM camelina field trial application should be immediately rejected....

Neste Renewable Jet Fuel to power KLM flights between Oslo and Amsterdam (Neste Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Apr 2016
(Source. Neste Corporation). Neste Corporation. Press Release. 18 April 2016 at 11 am. (EET). Neste Renewable Jet Fuel to power KLM flights between Oslo and Amsterdam. Photo. KLM image bank ... Fuel was refined as part of the EU-funded ITAKA project from sustainably produced, 100% certified camelina oil and its use will result greenhouse gas emissions reduction of approximately 47% when compared to fossil jet fuel. Neste Corporation ... neste.com/fi....

Biofuels, plastics and drugs: is this the future of our farms?

Edit The Guardian 17 Apr 2016
Climate change and poor returns on wheat and dairy drive rural revolution in ‘future-proof’ agriculture ... “Our sea walls are in good condition but the future may not be so certain in an era of climate change,” he says ... Planting for niche industrial uses is becoming more common, but so far only 100 or so hectares are planted commercially with crops such as high-erucic acid rapeseed, Buglossoides arvensis and camelina (false flax) ... ....

Aviation biofuel project hits new milestone (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
(Source. Manchester Metropolitan University). Airport is first to directly supply crop-based fuel. Refuelling at Olso Airport with aviation biofuel. Credit. Avinor ... Emission scientist Dr Simon Christie, from CATE, said ... Emissions ... The biofuel now being delivered to Oslo Airport was produced by Neste's Porvoo refinery in Finland from Camelina oilseed cultivated on fallow land in semi-arid regions in Spain for Camelina Company Espana ... Direct....

KLM launches new series of biofuel flights from Oslo to Amsterdam (KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Mar 2016
(Source. KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV). The biofuel for this series of flights is produced from 100% RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) certified camelina oil and in full compliance with the EU RED standard. The biofuel is produced within the ITAKA (Initiative Towards SustAinable Kerosene for Aviation) project and supplied by Air BP and SkyNRG ... Original Document ... (noodl. 32845747) ....

Metabolix Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Financial Results (Metabolix Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Mar 2016
(Source. Metabolix Inc). March 29, 2016. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metabolix, Inc ... '2015 was an important transition year for Metabolix ... The team has begun work to move the traits discovered using our camelina and switchgrass model systems to commercially significant crops such as canola, soybeans, rice and corn ... 'The Metabolix team is focused. We are executing our strategic plan and achieving milestones ... (MBLX-E)....

Metabolix Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Financial Results

Edit Stockhouse 29 Mar 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metabolix, Inc ... “2015 was an important transition year for Metabolix ... During the second quarter, we will be working with CJ to complete definitive agreements for the collaboration ... The team has begun work to move the traits discovered using our camelina and switchgrass model systems to commercially significant crops such as canola, soybeans, rice and corn ... About Metabolix ... ....

BPS 2016 land use codes (RPA - Rural Payments Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Mar 2016
(Source. RPA - Rural Payments Agency). When farmers apply for the Basic Payment Scheme using the Rural Payments service, they must use the codes on this page to declare what they use their land for. There are codes for agricultural land, non-agricultural land and there are some codes you must not use for BPS ... Agricultural land ... Permanent crops Land use Code Description ... Almonds ... Camelina-type arable crop Camelina - AC73 Includes Camelina, ... ....
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