Events

August 7th & 8th, 2007

Renewable Energy Expedition with Will Steger

Tuesday August 7th
1:30pm - 3:00pm

Farm Fest Forum: Global Warming-Agriculture’s Role in Finding Solutions
Will Steger will share insight and stories gleaned from the Global Warming 101 Expedition in Baffin Island and will incorporate his eyewitness and vivid accounts from his historical expeditions to the Arctic regions over three decades of polar exploration.

Response Panel:
Mark Willers, CEO, MinWind Energy, Luverne, MN; Kristin Weeks Duncanson, American Soybean Association; Gene Sandager, Hills, MN, National Corn Growers Assn. Board; Loni Kemp, Senior Policy Analyst, The Minnesota Project

Tuesday August 7th
7:30pm - 9:30pm

Will Steger public forum at Our Savior’s Luther Church, New Ulm
Including: J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director, Fresh Energy (Saint Paul, MN) and Rev. Mark Peters, Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy

Wednesday, August 8th
8:00am – 8:45am

Farmers Union Industries Northland Biodiesel Plant Tour, Redwood Falls
Including: Doug Peterson (MFU), Chuck Neece (Farmers Union Industries)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
10:30am – 12:00noon

Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company – Benson, MN
Tour plant and look at plans for gasification system Including: Bill Lee (plant manager)

The tour is sponsored by Environmental Defense, Union of Concerned Scientists, the Minnesota Project, and the Will Steger Foundation. The Toyota Prius was provided by HourCar (www.hourcar.org), a car-sharing program managed by the Neighborhood Energy Connection in St. Paul, MN.

Tour Sponsored by:

• Environmental Defense
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• The Minnesota Project
• Will Steger Foundation.
• The Toyota Prius was provided by HourCar (www.hourcar.org), a car-sharing program managed by the Neighborhood Energy Connection in St. Paul, MN