CANCELLED – Spring Meeting: Technology and Innovations in Ag
UPDATE: The safety of our members and their communities comes first. We have decided to cancel the IAW Spring Meeting.
When: Tuesday, April 7th 9:00am – 1:00pm
9:00am: WCFA Wrap up Session
10:30am: IAW Meeting
11:15am: Lunch
12:00: Tour
Where: Richland Community College, Please meet in Bistro Classroom, close to the Bistro. I have attached a map. We can include it or we can send it out to the attendees as we get closer to the event.
What: IAW Meeting, NSEC (National Sequestration Education Center) Tour including…
- Seismic Display
- discuss display and ‘make an earthquake’
- Geology Cylinder/Geologic Sequestration
- discuss Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and the IL-ICCS Project
- display samples of sandstone and shale
- Terrestrial Sequestration and Water Quality
- discuss RCC cover crops project
- display lab materials; handout cover crops report
- Visit Prairie Plots and Biomass Furnace
- discuss multiple economic and environmental benefits of prairie vegetation
- Visit Wind Turbine
- discuss how wind turbine works, electricity produced, cost, etc.
- Visit Solar Arrays
- discuss how solar arrays work, electricity produced, cost, etc.
RSVP: Please RSVP online by March 31st at https://forms.gle/JJXQwWUG8y7L5uCE8 or to Kelsey Vance, Kelsey.vance@syngenta.com