Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp

This is an exciting time for Kentucky's AgTech community! The recipients of our Challenge Grants have the potential to make a significant impact across the state, and we eagerly anticipate reviewing the upcoming applications for the next round. https://lnkd.in/eWSkSkWK

Here we GOOOO!! I'm doing reps in the coziest flat in all of midtown (thanks Kristin Gary and Jeremy Fain ??) right now in prep for this event tonight! As long as I don't say "uh" more than 2x, nor take too many breaths, I'm at 3 minutes 57 seconds on my pitch. ?? I hear there's a waiting list, but put yourself on it if you're in the city and have some time!

The application window for the 2024-2025 Challenge Grant is officially open now through March 1, 2025. To request an application click on the link below. More details regarding eligibility, focus areas, judging criteria and more at bluegrassagtech.org. https://lnkd.in/e6yAzn4F.

The application window for the 2024-2025 Challenge Grant is officially open now through March 1, 2025. To request an application click on the link below. More details regarding eligibility, focus areas, judging criteria and more at bluegrassagtech.org. https://lnkd.in/e6yAzn4F.

The 2024-2025 Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp Challenge Grant applications are coming soon! Stay tuned for more details about how to apply, qualifications, deadlines and more.

Absolutely epic moment for Our Old Kentucky Home if we do say so ourselves. This is Perry County, Kentucky. Where mountaintops have been literally blown up in the interest of extracting carbon-based fuels to power our lives. This is a specialized planter of Miscanthus x giganteus developed and deployed by Travis Hedrick's AMAZING team at AGgrow Tech. This plant will put carbon back in the soil AND it will, like its predecessor coal, fuel our lives. Thank you to EVERYONE who has been part of getting this company and this work to this point. Thank you Andy Ackley Ph.D for leading this planting project. Thank you to Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Brutus J Clay III, Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp, Chris Brown, Andrew Ritch, Andy Holzhauser, Tim Donovan, Nachy Kanfer, John Stieger, Eileen Fauver, Jeff Martin, Keyhorse Capital, Greg Olson, Thomas Pfeiffer, Tony Miller for believing in Sunflower Fuels so we can execute this moonshot!

As the Kentucky Agriculture Summit comes to a close today, we are incredibly excited about the future of agriculture in the state of Kentucky. Click the link below to learn more about the new strategic plan for 2025-2030. https://lnkd.in/eH8KXtwt

Erica Rogers, Director of Agriculture Development for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) spoke yesterday at the Kentucky Agriculture Summit about the future growth of agricultural economic development. The LFUCG is one of BADC's partners and we are proud to collaborate with them.

Erica Rogers, Director of Agriculture Development for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) spoke yesterday at the Kentucky Agriculture Summit about the future growth of agricultural economic development. The LFUCG is one of BADC's partners and we are proud to collaborate with them.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College and the University of Kentucky are partnering to tap into newly developed interest in agriculture-related jobs. It started with backyard gardening with some BCTC students. “There’s an opportunity for some of our students to even work with those farmers to produce marketing materials. They’ll be able to build a bridge with communicating with individuals who are the workers and also the land owners,” said Yates Yates said that could hopefully grow into some student internships. Kentucky’s specialty crop industry includes about 14,000 acres cultivated over 52 hundred farms. Read more: https://lnkd.in/evdapGnB