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March 2022

FOI Innovator Profile – Beaver Island Brewing

    AURI Connects: Fields of Innovation Innovator Profiles is a Q&A series with Minnesota entrepreneurs who have partnered with AURI to build capacity and successfully commercialize new crop and livestock opportunities, including new traits for existing crops. Q&A with Christopher Laumb, co-owner of Beaver Island Brewery AURI: What is your involvement with the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI)? CL: Beaver Island Brewing was excited to work with AURI on producing a beer… Continue Reading FOI Innovator Profile – Beaver Island Brewing

    Minnesota-based NewStarch Solutions Named Ag Innovator of the Year

      The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) is excited to announce Plymouth, Minn.-based NewStarch Solutions (NSS) as the organization’s Ag Innovator of the Year. The AURI Board of Directors awards the Ag Innovator of the Year to a Minnesota company or entrepreneur making a substantial impact in the areas of product innovation, uniqueness and commercialization potential. This is AURI’s highest honor, awarded since 2002. NewStarch Solutions produces a range of sustainable,… Continue Reading Minnesota-based NewStarch Solutions Named Ag Innovator of the Year

      New Uses Forum to Feature Keynote Addresses from Leaders at United Nations, U.S. Department of Agriculture March 23-24

        Two leading authorities on food, agriculture and sustainable economic development will deliver keynote addresses at the upcoming New Uses Forum March 23-24, 2022. The Fourth Annual event will be held at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Park, Minn., and is presented by the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI), Compeer Financial and Georgetown University’s Rural Opportunity Initiative. Jocelyn Brown Hall, director for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the… Continue Reading New Uses Forum to Feature Keynote Addresses from Leaders at United Nations, U.S. Department of Agriculture March 23-24

        AURI’s Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report Details Contributions to Region’s Ag Economy, Client Successes

          Despite ongoing challenges in Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21), the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) made significant contributions to the ag-related sectors in Minnesota and the Midwest. AURI helped spur innovation and grow the region’s value-added economy through a host of commercialization programs, educational initiatives, applied research and network connecting events. AURI recently published its 2021 Annual Report to highlight its activities and successes of the past year. The document details… Continue Reading AURI’s Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report Details Contributions to Region’s Ag Economy, Client Successes