Renewable Energy Opporunities for Rural Texas Communities and Agriculture

Forum sessions on:

• How rural Texas can benefit from renewable energy
• Converting manure from dairies into energy
• Wind farms and transmission lines
• Future of biofuels in Texas
• Tarleton State’s new demonstration dairy
• Renewable energy grants and loans from USDA

Texas Agrilife Research and Extension Center
1229 North Hwy 281
Stephenville, TX

Date: January 26, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Seating limited to 85. Cost: $10, paid on site. Lunch provided.

Registration

Email: rare.forum@tdra.state.tx.us or call (512) 936-7878

About RARE

• Mission
• Goals
• Membership
• Contact

• Alternative Energy Institute, WTAMU
• Baylor Institute for Air Science
• Texas Corn Producers Association
• National Corn Growers Association
• National Grain Sorghum Producers
• Office of Rural Community Affairs
• Southern Methodist University Geothermal Lab
• Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
• Texas Cooperative Extension
• Texas Department of Agriculture
• Texas Farm Bureau
• Texas Forestry Association
• Texas General Land Office
• Texas Grain Sorghum Association
• Texas Midwest Community Network
• Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association
• Texas Solar Energy Society
• Texas State Energy Conservation Office
• The Wind Coalition
• USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Conservation & Production Research Lab
• U.S. Department of Agriculture

RARE Coordinator:

Travis Brown
Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs