Ken Collin This is Me

 View all 10 references Web References

1. 1. AlterNet: How Microbrew Can Save the World

   www.alternet.org/story/43435/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/25/2006   Last Visited: 10/25/2006

   "`It's a new industry, and if California doesn't get off its butt and get going with it, the Midwest is going to have the market," said Butte County rice farmer Ken Collin, president of the Rice Straw Cooperative.

2. 2. Yahoo - Calif. Farmers Look to Ethanol

   biz.yahoo.com/apf/010629/farm_ - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/29/2001   Last Visited: 6/29/2001

   ``It's a new industry , and if California doesn't get off its butt and get going with it , the Midwest is going to have the market , '' said Butte County rice farmer Ken Collin , president of the Rice Straw Cooperative.
   
   The cooperative's members will sell agricultural waste to a $100 million ethanol refinery near the small farm town of Gridley after its planned opening in early 2003. The city has agreed to help buy the land and build the refinery.
   ...
   About 35 to 40 percent of our profits every year are invested in getting rid of rice straw , '' Collin , the cooperative president , said.
   
   To encourage California's infant ethanol industry , a bill in the Legislature would allow producers and local air quality districts to apply for state grants. Other pending legislation would give a tax credit to ethanol producers.
   
   U.S. Department of Agriculture grants are available to help ethanol producers buy crops or farm waste , with the condition the fuel is used to expand existing production capacity.
   
   ^------=

3. 3. AlterNet: How Microbrew Can Save the World

   wwww.alternet.org/story/43435/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/25/2006   Last Visited: 10/31/2006

   "`It's a new industry, and if California doesn't get off its butt and get going with it, the Midwest is going to have the market," said Butte County rice farmer Ken Collin, president of the Rice Straw Cooperative.