Creating Rural Jobs in the Bioeconomy
A SAFER & Southern Growth Commentary... by Charity Pennock, Program Manager, Southern Growth Policies Board
One of the South’s opportunites for job creati on and renewed economic growth is through the development of the region’s bioeconomy. The bioeconomy is the creation of power, fuels, and products from biomass—organic material derived from plants, trees, and animals. The opportunity for rural communities lies across the bioeconomy supply chain from the growth and distribution of biomass to the manufacturing of biomass-based products. Read the report http://www.southerngrowth.com/communityresources/downloads/RuralJobsBioeconomy.pdf.
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