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BIO-FUELS

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

ATTENTION!!!!  LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL ACREAGE TO PLANT AND HARVEST PENNYCRESS AND/OR CAMELINA!!!

Seeds are FREE and guaranteed purchase of end of season harvest.  This is part of a USDA grant.  (ARCC news release) (Isanti County paper news release)

Please contact Carl Rausch at Sartec/Ever Cat Fuels for more information (763-421-1072  ext. #34)  carlrausch@zirchrom.com

 

Faculty Grant/Project Narrative link

Faculty members, Melanie Waite-Altringer and Debby Filler will be building upon the customized education model to include teaching and contextualized learning efforts that educate students about the multi-faceted bio-fuels industry, as well as teach them skills that can be applied in the bio-fuels industry.

Photos/Articles of the project:

Cambridge Campus Demonstration Plot
Dates: 4-29-11    6-8-11    12-14-11     3-24-12    4-30-12   5-13-12		 ABC newspaper article on ARCC/Ever Cat Fuels Partnership
Date: 12-1-11 (pdf)
Experimental Plots on Cambridge Campus
Iowa/USDA Pennycress plantings
Dates: 9-28-11  11-4-11    12-14-11    3-24-12   4-30-12   5-13-12		 Used Cooking Oil collection at Anoka-Ramsey by Ever Cat Fuels
Date: 11-18-11 (CTN news cast @ 10min mark)
Waite-Altringer's online lab Environmental Science Class soil testing
Date: 10-15-11		 University of MN soil analysis results from online lab testing (map)
Date: 10-15-11
Filler's Genetics Class
Date: 2011		 Camelina & Pennycress at Andover Plot
Dates: 4-25-12   4-30-12   5-12-12

 

Advisory Committee members:

Anoka-Ramsey Community College-

 Melanie Waite-Altringer, Debby Filler, Brad Wold, Steven Jones, Jim Werronen (JW), Michael Grzincich

SarTec/Ever Cat Fuels-Marie McNeff

Biobusiness Alliance-Tim Welle

Local farmer/businessman-Roger Bergman

Marie McNeff-- Momcneff@sartec.com

Tim Welle – twelle@biobusinessalliance.org

Jim Werronen – Jim.Werronen@anokaramsey.edu

Melanie Waite-Altringer – Melanie.Waite-Altringer@anokaramsey.edu

Debby Filler – Debby.Filler@anokaramsey.edu

Steve Jones – Stephen.Jones@anokaramsey.edu

Michael Grzincich- michael.grzincich@anokaramsey.edu

Roger Bergman – please contact Melanie for phone number

Webpage Contact information: 

Melanie Waite-Altringer
Biology Faculty
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Office S112
11200 Mississippi Blvd. NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Phone #763-433-1327
webs.anokaramsey.edu/waite
 
Dr. Debby Filler
Biology Faculty
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Office S104
11200 Mississippi Blvd. NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Phone #763-433-1165
debby.filler@anokaramsey.edu
webs.anokaramsey.edu/filler