This proposal was one of three selected to receive $100,000 from the CFANS Dean's Initiative Fund. The three winning proposals involve 14 faculty members and were selected from more than 25 proposals. "The seed money in the grants will be used to develop preliminary data with the intent that researchers also will successfully pursue extramural funding in these areas of inquiry."

July 2, 2007 - Rob King has been named to the statewide NextGen Energy Board by Governor Tim Pawlenty.

"The 19-member board will provide recommendations to the legislature and the governor about how the state can most efficiently achieve energy independence through agriculture and natural resource sustainability. One of the board’s primary duties is to examine the future of biofuels, such as synthetic gases, biobutanol, hydrogen, methanol, biodiesel and ethanol within Minnesota and to develop grant programs to assist renewable energy facilities throughout the state.

King has conducted research on a range of issues related to farmer cooperative formation and management over the past 20 years. He is appointed as a representative of the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture."