Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

USDA and Cooperators Boost Reduction and Re-utilization of Food Loss and Waste in Asia

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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The aim of this forum was to boost reduction of escalating FLW across the globe and potential re-utilization through innovative technologies.

Key Points: 
  • The aim of this forum was to boost reduction of escalating FLW across the globe and potential re-utilization through innovative technologies.
  • USDA's Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) in Guangzhou launched this forum and hopes to hold similar discussions in the future.
  • The last two presentations focused on food waste, where an average of 17% waste in total food supply chain was estimated to occur post-retail.
  • Recycling of nutrients from food waste from selected sources (i.e., food supermarkets) via industrialized husbandry of black soldier fly appears a more viable solution to food waste re-utilization  than general composting and direct animal feeding.

Bolivar Energy Authority, Silicon Ranch, and TVA Flip the Switch on Bolivar Solar Farm

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Today, Silicon Ranch Corporation , one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company, and Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) flipped the switch on the new 3.25-megawatt (MWAC) Bolivar Solar Farm in Hardeman County, Tennessee, along with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Key Points: 
  • Today, Silicon Ranch Corporation , one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company, and Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) flipped the switch on the new 3.25-megawatt (MWAC) Bolivar Solar Farm in Hardeman County, Tennessee, along with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
  • The solar facility will provide enough low-cost solar energy to power more than 500 homes and help keep rates low for BEA’s more than 11,000 customers.
  • The Flip the Switch event celebrates the completion of construction for the solar facility, which is now officially supplying power to the electric grid.
  • “USDA is excited to celebrate in today’s Flip the Switch ceremony for the Bolivar Solar Farm.