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Prairie Grains is the official publication of
the Minnesota
Association of
Wheat Growers,
North Dakota Grain Growers Association,
South Dakota Wheat, Inc., and the Minnesota Barley Growers Association.

A wholly-owned corporation of the USDA, the AARC is a venture capital firm that makes investments in companies to help commercialize biobased industrial products (non-food, non-feed) from ag and forestry materials and animal byproducts.

Industrial Agriculture-USA Clearinghouse
www.ia-usa.org

A national database developed for the AARC by the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, offers access to information and resources in the area of alternative uses for non-feed/non-food agricultural products.

Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
www.auri.org

The AURI was created to identify and create new market uses or value improvements of Minnesota agricultural commodities. Don’t miss AURI’s January, 1999 Ag Innovation News, a special report on the new-uses status for corn, beans, grain, livestock, alternative crops, fiber, and sugar beets.

New Crop Resource Online Program
www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/home

NewCROP, at Purdue University, provides windows to new and specialty crop profiles. Check out the link to The New Crop Compendium CD-ROM, a searchable resource of new crop information.

The New Uses Council
http://start.at/NewUses

The NUC is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers to expand the development and commercialization of new industrial, energy, and non-food consumer uses of renewable agricultural, forestry and livestock products.

Environmental Building News
www.BuildingGreen.com

An information source on energy-efficient, resource-efficient, and healthy building practices that the use of renewable resources provides.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
www.ilsr.org

A nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies. It created the Carbohydrate Economy Clearinghouse (CEC) www. carbohydrateeconomy.org/, to provide up-to-date information spanning all facets of the carbohydrate economy. The ILSR provides a good renewable resources links page, including fibers, fuels and energy, bio-chemicals, and organizational contacts.