AWI organized the Energy Grass Education Area at the 2009 Farm Progress Show. This was the first time renewable energy from perennial biomass has been showcased at this major event.
The video above, produced by the University of Illinois Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program, follows energy grasses from field-to-furnace through interviews with exhibitors and visitors, including AWI Board chairman Ted Shambaugh. The energy grass plots in Progress City were established by AWI and U. of I. bioenergy researchers.