1. Energy usage- What makes Sense?
AfrICANDO
2008
Charles LaPradd
Agricultural Manager
Miami-Dade County

2. Agriculture is the basis of our sustainability and can assist communities in completing the cycle of use and re-use. From cultivation to consumption much energy is used and from that cultivation much energy can be produced.

3. Agro-Energy
Ethanol
Bio-Diesel
Biomass

4. Ethanol Sugars Starches Sugar cane, sorghum and beets
Cassava (manioc), yams and potatoes
V. Ryan © 2006

5. Bio-Diesel
Plant oils
Palm, jatropha and algae
© CIRAD

6. Biomass Stalks, algae, agricultural waste and dung Combustibles Biogas
Fertilizer
Warren Gretz
Dr. Mary Andrews, Michigan State University

7. What to look for
Multiple benefit crops and processes that complete the “cycle”
Food
Feed
Fiber
Fuel
Fertilizer

8. What are we doing here? Investing in research
Testing crops for cost, production value and compatibility
Investing in infrastructure
Fuel production facilities, algae farms and CO2 scrubbers
Limited production
Producing algae using fish waste and excess CO2
Biogas energy production

9. How to start Identify your crops and processes Create a plan
Make it manageable
Keep your options open
Provide incentives & limit interference