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Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick:
11/8/2005
"Phases 2 and 3 of the BioTown, USA project include potential plans to transform animal waste from area livestock farms into electricity and natural gas. Set in a rural area, there are more than 150,000 hogs within a 15 mile radius of Reynolds, as well as several sources of organic waste products, making it an ideal location for a digester, manure gasifier or some similar type of technology to turn manure and biomass into energy for the homes and businesses in Reynolds. A consultant has been hired by ISDA to analyze which system would be most appropriate for Reynolds in Phase 2 of the BioTown, USA project.

BioTown, USA is a project of ISDA. In mid-May ISDA rolled out its strategic plan, Possibilities Unbound: The Plan for 2025, Indiana Agriculture's Strategic Plan. This document describes the Department's focus and guiding principles for the next several years. The plan contains seven strategies to grow Indiana agriculture; one of the seven strategies is bioenergy. The action plan for this strategy calls for the development of a pilot community that meets all of its energy needs through biorenewable resources.
Source: Indiana State Department of Agriculture"