- Summer 2023 Issue -
Chicago Hosts First NASCAR Street Race
CONTINUE READING
REACHING CONSUMERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE WITH NEW VOICES
By Makenzie Huber
James Pieper grew up in a suburb of Fargo, but his heart was on a farm in south-central Minnesota. That farm belonged to his grandparents and his great-grandparents before them. It’s where his grandfather spent his days working in the field and where his grandmother juggled fieldwork on top of her nursing career and raising three children.
CONNECTING CULTURES CREATES LASTING IMPACT IN UGANDA AND AT HOME
Immersion Trip Transforms Lives
By Janna Farley
Never underestimate the difference one person can make. Now multiply that by 18. The effect a group can have? It’s immeasurable. And that’s exactly what was so powerful about the 2023 Seeds of Change immersion trip to Uganda – the organization’s first since 2019.
THE POET NETWORK CELEBRATES EARTH DAY 2023
By Erin Smith, POET Media Specialist
For 35 years, POET has lived out its mission to be good stewards of the Earth by utilizing the sun, the soil, and the seed to produce clean energy and valuable bioproducts. For the past three years, POET has hosted a company-wide Earth Day volunteer event in the days surrounding the April 22 holiday, garnering participation across all of its bioprocessing facilities and its corporate offices in Sioux Falls and Wichita.
DECARBONIZATION IS FINDING THE SPOTLIGHT IN BIOETHANOL VALUE CHAINS
Poetry in Motion: Moving Toward Carbon Neutrality
By Ryan Turpin
Carbon is the stuff of life. By weight, it makes up roughly 18 percent of the human body, 43 percent of a corn plant, and 50 percent of most trees. Fundamental to both photosynthesis and respiration, we quite literally could not exist without it.
SHOWING RESPECT AND CELEBRATING SUCCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO TEAM-BUILDING
People of POET: Rollins Rises Through the Ranks
By Sue Retka Schill
Aaron Rollins could be a spokesperson for POET’s management recruitment campaign, promoting talent through the ranks. Now Plant Manager at POET Bioprocessing – Marion (Ohio), Aaron got his start at POET Bioprocessing – North Manchester (Indiana) 15 years ago as a plant technician. He was promoted to shift supervisor, then moved to Leipsic for five years, where he was operations supervisor and then operations manager. For the past five years, Rollins has served in his current role at POET – Marion. Along the way, he raised four kids and earned a college degree with the help of POET’s tuition reimbursement program.
COLUMNS
Out of Left FieldI’m Not Ready Yet
By Scott Johnson, A Thinker of Thoughts (and POET Data Systems Administrator)
Mechanics Corner
If It’s Good Enough for NASCAR
Russ Evans, Under the Hood Radio Show Host and Mechanic
Farm Fresh
The SuperPowers of Plants to Fight Climate Change
By Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, USFRA Sustainability Director
In Sight
Fueling Change with E15
By Jeff Broin, Founder and CEO of POET
DEPARTMENTS
People of POETRollins Rises Through the Ranks
By Sue Retka Schill
Seeds of Change
Immersion Trip Transforms Lives
By Janna Farley
POET PAC
Your Dollars at Work
FOCUS ON E15
Year-Round E15: A Battle on Multiple FrontsBy Matt Ward, POET Government Affairs Manager
In Sight
E15: America’s Fuel
By Jeff Broin, Founder and CEO of POET
President Biden Announces Summertime E15 at POET Bioprocessing – Menlo
By Matt Merritt
Mechanics Corner
A Modern Match: Older Vehicles and E15
by Russ Evans, Under the Hood Radio Show Host and Mechanic
