Biofuel operations now setting up in Fla.
Farmland around Lake Okeechobee is attracting the interest of companies hoping to make ethanol for blending with Florida's gasoline.
(PressMethod) - A Fort Lauderdale company recently announced plans to build three plants, producing up to 100-million gallons of ethanol using locally grown sweet sorghum, a plant similar to sugarcane.
Per Aaron Pepper, chief executive of Southeast Renewable Fuels, a startup company hoping to break into the growing biofuels market.
"We are currently negotiating with four top farming entities in the state,"
Production could begin by late 2010.
Key Largo Fl, Sept 30th, 2008. Local Key Largo Realtor, Sally Stribling remarked, This is great news for Florida. It means more jobs and brings an industry that will be part of the future.
Sally further remarked-This puts Florida in the running in what has been a Midwest farming advantage.
In addition more jobs obviously will help the housing business and as I've said before The Keys will definitely benefit as 50% of our Keys visitors are from Florida
About Sally Stribling, Sally is a Top producing Florida Keys Real Estate agent for Coldwell Banker Schmitt and the owner of the Florida website www.keysbestproperty.com designed specifically to help people relocating to The upper Florida Keys and it's communities
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