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Sustainable energy, one town at a time. 1 Arkansas Delta: Landscape of Contrasts Rich with Poverty rate > 22% entrepreneurial spirit Extractive agricultural and fertile farmland economy based on commodity crops 870,000

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Sustainable energy, one town at a time.

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Arkansas Delta: Landscape of Contrasts

  • Poverty rate > 22%
  • Extractive agricultural

economy based on commodity crops

  • Many minority farmers

and small scale farmers struggle to stay on land

  • Two-year college

training programs can’t place graduates due to lack of jobs

  • Communities struggle

with population loss and deteriorating infrastructure

  • Rich with

entrepreneurial spirit and fertile farmland

  • 870,000 acres of land

fallow during winter season

  • Excellent network of

two-year colleges

  • Culture: living off the

land – farming, hunting, fishing

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  • Landfill closed, creating sudden mileage increase for

hauling waste

  • No room in city budget for fuel price increases; need for

stable pricing

  • City vehicles utilize 10,000 gallons per year
  • One of longest school bus routes in the state; utilizes

30,000 gallons per year

  • Farmers in Arkansas County utilize upwards of 6 million

gallons per year for crop production

City of DeWitt: Anchor demand

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Waste Vegetable Oil Recycling

  • Addition to successful recycling program in DeWitt
  • WVO another opportunity to turn waste into revenue for city
  • Cost savings for city water, sewage systems
  • City purchased truck and equipment with General

Improvement Funds

  • Sources of WVO
  • Jail -Hospital -Schools -Campgrounds -Lodges
  • Fried Fish Caterers
  • Restaurants -Convenience Stores

Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District investing in replication using recycling funds

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Communities Unlimited Solid Waste Technical Assistance grants for replication

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Community scaled biodiesel processing

  • 200,000 gallon annual capacity
  • Based on ASU small scale processing developed by

Dr Kevin Humphrey

  • Generates ASTM standard fuel that can be blended with

petroleum diesel or used alone (B100) in any diesel engine

  • Low capital investment for

refinery installation

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  • Camelina research on ASU and PCCUA test plots since 2011
  • Farmer field testing 2013-2016
  • Winter oilseed crop for Delta
  • Crushed into oil and Omega 3-rich meal for feed
  • GIS Data Collection for optimal production
  • Lessons learned driving new production practices

Camelina

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  • 501c12 Mutual Benefit Nonprofit
  • Innovative multi-stakeholder cooperative

model

  • Drive operations of the value chain
  • Collective marketing, better service
  • Allows farmers, entrepreneurs, restaurants

new opportunity, manage risk

  • Grow business, replication in other

communities

  • Assistance, capital from Communities

Unlimited

Delta Bioenergy, Inc

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For More Information

Tami Hornbeck tami.hornbeck@communitiesu.org

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www.deltabioenergy.org www.communitiesu.org