Collier County is under consideration as one of five sites in the United States for an Organic Agriculture-Renewable Energy Project to demonstrate the integration of renewable energy and organic agriculture to stimulate economic growth and job developme

 

IMMOKALEE, Fla. - Collier County is under consideration as one of five sites in the United States for an Organic Agriculture-Renewable Energy Project to demonstrate the integration of renewable energy and organic agriculture to stimulate economic growth and job development.

The proposed project will create new organic agricultural approaches, assist in United States energy independence, and demonstrate the use of local and regional waste resources to support integrated agriculture and energy business initiatives.

The project is projected to create 200 to 300 hundred (or more) jobs over a three to five-year period depending on community response. An estimated 100 to 125 new jobs will be created during its first year of operation.

The proposed initiative would be based on a public-private partnership among Collier County, associated agencies and government, private investors, Growth Design Energy Florida LLC and its holding company, Growth Design Corporation, a resource development company with offices in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Florida.

Other community sites under consideration for development by Growth Design include: Oregon City, Oregon; Seward, Nebraska; Mt. Valley, Iowa; and Columbus, Ohio.

“There are abundant waste streams available throughout the southwest Florida region for this proposed project”, stated Bill Luetscher, president of the Growth Design Energy Group. “The question is whether the community will have the determination, speed, and capacity to compete with other communities for this initiative.”

Potential products from southwest Florida waste streams include: renewable energy including electricity; methane bio-gas; biodiesel; recovered crude oils; liquid fertilizer; organic compost; high grade charcoal; and renewable energy (“green”) credits from carbon-dioxide and methane gas emissions reduction.

Growth Design has identified multiple southwest Florida waste streams for the proposed project including: landscaping waste; solid and liquid organics from agricultural and consumer products; waste oils; plastic; rubber; and select construction and demolition materials.

 

 

http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2012-03-08/Company-considers-brings-hundreds-of-jobs-to-SWFL

 

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