To think that anybody would claim -- much less accept the notion -- that the Everglades is less endangered than at any other time in history would be laughable ... if it were not so sad.

These are only my personal opinions.

Florida International University and  Florida Crystals Corporation,
the largest U.S. sugar producer, will receive $1 million for ethanol
research from the state of Florida.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will award FIU's
Applied Research Center and Florida Crystals a $1-million grant to
develop cellulosic ethanol technology under the Florida Renewable
Energy Technologies Grant Program.
http://www.agprofessional.com/show_story.php?id=45601

The University of Florida's Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences
is deliberating over where to put their "test" plant for a designer
cellulosic ethanol bug.  Will it be at the polluting Buckeye pulp mill
in rural Taylor County or the Fanjul's Florida Crystal's
plant in South Florida?  

Big Pulp vs. Big Sugar

See Florida Farm to Fuel ~
http://www.floridafarmtofuel.com/

What's astounding, even in today's agrofuel crazed world, is the proposal
to plant 15,000 acres of invasive species Arundo donax in the Everglades
headwaters for electric power and possibly transportation fuel.

"The Sierra Club, as well as Florida agencies that deal with exotic
plants, have concerns about the giant reed, which can grow up to 30 feet
tall, said Dan Hendrickson, legal chairman of the state Sierra Club.

"Biomass Investment Group Inc. of Gulf Breeze plans to plant 15,000
acres of a grass known as Arundo donax -- which it has renamed "E-Grass" --
north of Lake Okeechobee [FL]....

"'They changed the name to deceive the public,' Hendrickson said. 'It
is a deliberate ploy to get away from the bad reputation of Arundo
donax.'...

"Matt King, Palm Beach County's environmental program supervisor,
agrees Arundo donax is a problem in California, where a multimillion-dollar
effort to rid the state of it is under way."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture identifies the non-native plant as
invasive. See:  http://www.invasive.org/eastern/srs/GR.html

Arrundo donax appears on State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 States by state
agriculture and natural resource departments. Also see "Invasive Plants of
the Thirteen Southern States" at :http://www.invasive.org/seweeds.cfm

More about this plant's California invasion is at this Team Arundo del Norte
site: http://ceres.ca.gov/tadn/

"We cannot let an invasion of this invasive noxious giant
water-drinking reed into central Florida headwaters of the Everglades
wetland system. It will kill the Everglades by choking it to death. It is
impossible to get rid of....

"The roots go three feet deep.

"There is a $9 billion restoration of the Everglades in place that
would be put at risk.

 "Arundo donax crowds out native plants, reduces habitat for wildlife,
chokes riversides, stream channels and wetlands. Arundo donax can quickly
invade new areas and form pure stands at the expense of other species. Once
established, giant reed has the ability to outcompete and completely
suppress native vegetation."

-- From December McSherry's comments being circulated via
E-mail.   A farmer near Gainesville, FL,.  McSherry is chair of
the Florida Chapter Sierra Club Agriculture Committee"

At the University of Florida, Philip Busey is cautious. Biomass
wants to plant essentially 12.5 square miles of Arundo, far more than
anywhere in  the state. "'Anything of this scale, there's a danger that
there would be a lot of miles of border edge where things could get
 loose,' he said."

Complete articles

SCIENTISTS WARN AGAINST EXOTIC GRASS
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/10/State/Scientists_warn_a ...

PLAN TO USE GRASS FOR POWER WORRIES SIERRA CLUB
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/business/epap ..._
pg3egrass_0904.html

ARUNDO DONAX:  'LIKE RABBITS ON SPEED'
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/editorials/article/0,2821,TCP_2 ...

U.S. Sugar's proposal for Lake Harbor Quarry calls for blasting, digging and dredging 100 acres per year for seven decades to excavate sand and limestone. The rock and sand would be shipped by train to construction sites in central and eastern Florida.

The proposal comes despite environmental concerns about mining contaminating underground water supplies and getting in the way of Everglades restoration.

See:

U.S. Sugar wants to use 'Glades land for mining 7,000 acres
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpm ...

Media Release                                          
Embargoed until 9 A.M.                          
Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Contact:      

Linda Young, Director
Clean Water Network of Florida, Inc.
Office:  850 222 9188
Fax:  850 222-9541
llyoung2@earthlink.net                              

Joe Murphy, Florida Program Coordinator
Gulf Restoration Network
352-583-0870 office        
joe@healthygulf.org

Joy Towles Ezell
HOPE (Help Our Polluted Environment)                  
In Taylor County, Florida
850 584 7087
hopeforcleanwater@yahoo.com

Environmental Groups Question Buckeye Pulp Mill's Cellulosic Ethanol Plan

Representatives of the Clean Water Network of Florida and the Gulf Restoration Network have submitted a probing records request to University of Florida President Bernard Machen due to very serious concerns of community, financial, and environmental impacts of a cellulosic ethanol project being proposed as a joint project between the University's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and Buckeye Florida, L.P.,  Buckeye Technologies, Inc.  Buckeye has submitted a response to IFAS's request to bid on the $20M test site, but upon closer scrutiny, the contract calls for a minimum 40-year commitment by the chosen bidder.  

"That doesn't sound like a test to me, it sounds like a very lucrative long-term business deal that hasn't been fully thought through or involved the public", said Joe Murphy, Florida Program Coordinator of the Gulf Restoration Network.

Linda Young, Director of the Clean Water Network of Florida said "`IFAS should ask a number of questions regarding the Buckeye pulp mill's very significant environmental problems, including groundwater contamination before signing a 40-year contract with them.   Buckeye is already operating their mill on an expired NPDES permit (for a Class V River) and several expired air permits.  It would be unfair to the citizens of Taylor County to expect them to accept a new source of Buckeye pollution without knowing all the facts first and having a say in the final decision, Young said.   The mill has caused very toxic contamination of the Fenholloway River, its sediments and fish by dioxins, organochlorines, and gender-bending endocrine disruptors.  The mill's effluent has caused a ten square mile dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.  

The groups have asked 103 questions, along with an extensive records request letter seeking information on the proposed cellulosic ethanol plant being proposed by Buckeye and IFAS. The letter stated, "We would like additional information to better review and evaluate this proposed project and its impacts.  Without the highest degree of environmental planning and  sensitivity, we are profoundly concerned that this project, while well intentioned, could negatively impact the environmental resources of Taylor County and the Nature Coast by contaminating the air and/or the Floridan Aquifer, the groundwater, the Fenholloway River, and the Gulf of Mexico with potentially previously unknown and unnatural toxic forms of genetically-engineered Coliform bacteria, enzymes, and/or other poisonous substances.  It is a well-known fact that Buckeye's wastewater is and has been for many years contaminating the groundwater in Taylor County, Florida.  The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Health know are well aware of this situation."

Joe Murphy said, "We are very concerned that the Taylor County Board of Commissioners is already being asked by the Taylor County Development Authority to pass resolutions in support of this project without having asked questions and fully considered the impacts of this project on the community or the project's potential environmental and health impacts.  The rushed procedure sounds like that used in the missile/bombing range and the Taylor Energy Center issues, where the public was not privy to information that citizens should be entitled to knowing before their elected leaders decide on the issue. We believe that the University should be concerned about these issues as well and should provide complete and adequate information to the public. We believe that IFAS has not provided adequate public opportunity for discussion and consideration of such a proposal.  We   believe that IFAS should do much more to ensure fairness and transparency regarding this project.

"It's difficult to verify actual water usage at existing corn-to-ethanol distilleries. Getting reliable projections for proposed cellulosic ethanol plants -- those new, polluting, pie-in-the-sky ethanol poster children -- is even more difficult.  Universities across the country continue to market their integrity by accepting self-serving corporate bucks for cellulosic "research" -- along, of course, with additional taxpayer subsidies," said Joy Towles Ezell, local Taylor County environmental activist and long-time groundwater, Fenholloway River, and Gulf of Mexico cleanup advocate.

Linda Young said, "We hope this records request both elicits quick, on-the-record responses from IFAS.   It is very difficult for the public to get its hands on hard figures from an actual cellulosic ethanol plant confirming water usage and toxic discharges.  The Fenholloway River and downstream coastal waters are under new TMDLs that will have to be adhered to if any new discharges are considered.  Additionally, there is a water supply issue to consider.  Taylor county wells have been drying up this year while Buckeye has continued to pump in excess of 40 million gallons of water per day from the aquifer.  At some point, there is a limit to what a populace should have to sacrifice in order to protect the bottom line of a corporation."

Joe Murphy questioned, "What exactly do they mean when they say water USED per gallon. Does that include or exclude waste water?  It appears that from 6 to 12 gallons of sewage effluent are released into the environment per gallon of ethanol produced.   And, what would be the total carbon footprint of such a proposal if put into action, including all inputs into initiation, processes, and production?  What is the true conversion efficiency of the process?  And, is it true that the more cellulosic ethanol is burned in automobiles, the worse the air quality becomes? Has the University of Florida thoroughly studied the site being considered in the bid by  Buckeye and taken into consideration the considerable environmental damage inflicted by the company to the site and the area itself, and to Taylor  County's environment, including soil,  water. air pollution, the effects of continuous pine tree plantations and forestry practices inflicted upon the area over the past 53 years?    What are the environmental and human health costs of such enzymes and bacteria, current and future?  And, if IFAS does not know the answers to the two previous questions, will IFAS agree to thoroughly study those questions and provide full disclosure before entering into the agreement?"

                                                                 ###

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

Dr. J. Bernard Machen
University of Florida
Office of the President
226 Tigert Hall, P.O. Box 113150
Gainesville, FL 32611                Fax # (352) 392-9506  

And

Attn:  Sarah Vidal
svidal@ufl.edu
University of Florida
Purchasing Services
102 Elmore Hall
P. O. Box 115250
Gainesville, FL    32611-5250

We are writing to you today and submitting the questions below, as we have very serious concerns as to the community, financial, and environmental impacts of this project.   We would like additional information to better review and evaluate this proposed project and its impacts.  Without the highest degree of environmental planning and sensitivity, we are profoundly concerned that this project, while well intentioned, could negatively impact the environmental resources of Taylor County and the Nature Coast by contaminating the air and/or the Floridan Aquifer, the groundwater, the Fenholloway River, and the Gulf of Mexico with potentially previously unknown and unnatural toxic forms of genetically-engineered coliform bacteria, enzymes, and/or other poisonous substances.  It is a well-known fact that Buckeye's wastewater is and has been for many years contaminating the groundwater in Taylor County, Florida.  The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Health are well aware of this situation.  

We believe that it is imperative that our questions be answered before the University puts itself at risk with its involvement in the project.  The people of Taylor County have not been adequately informed as to the potential environmental and human health impacts of this project.  The University should provide for full disclosure to the people, as we understand this project is being funded by public monies.

We are very concerned that the Taylor County Board of Commissioners is being asked by the Taylor County Development Authority to pass resolutions in support of this project without having asked questions and fully considered the impacts of this project on the community or the project's potential environmental and health impacts.  We believe that the University should be concerned about these issues as well and should provide complete and adequate information to the public.  It is our belief that one inadequately noticed special meeting of the Taylor County Commission, expected to take place on Monday, July 23, 2007,  only brought about by the expressed concerns of citizens, does not provide adequate public opportunity for discussion and consideration of such a proposal.  We believe that IFAS should do much more to ensure fairness and transparency regarding this project.

Pursuant to Article I, section 24, of the Florida Constitution, and - chapter 119, F.S, I am requesting copies of the following public records:

Any and all correspondence, including but not limited to letters,  letters of agreement, contracts, notes from telephone conversations, minutes or records of meetings, email messages, archived email records, any and all requests, applications, records of contacts,  or any other form of communication or correspondence

to, from, or  between any and all members of the Taylor Board of County Commissioners, the County Administrator, the County Attorney, the Taylor County Development Authority, Buckeye, Florida L.P, Buckeye Technologies,  Foley Timber & Land Company,

and to, from, or between any of the above and any person or persons, committees, boards, or other entities, employed by or representing the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the federal government, state government, or any departments thereof, elected or appointed officials, contracting companies or agencies, consultants, engineering firms, landowner/s, railroad companies, civic groups, and/or private citizens

concerning the proposed cellulosic ethanol plant in Taylor County, Florida, from January 1, 2005, to the present time.

Though we have thoroughly reviewed the information and documentation on the purchasing.ufl.edu/BID/2008 web site, we have many questions that are not yet answered.  Some of the questions for which we request written answers are:

1.  Has the University of Florida thoroughly studied the site being considered in the bid by Buckeye and taken into consideration the considerable environmental damage inflicted by the company to the site and the area itself, and to Taylor County's environment, including soil,  water. air pollution, the effects of continuous pine tree plantations and forestry practices inflicted upon the area over the past 53 years?  
   
2.  Will IFAS study and report its findings to the people regarding each of those serious environmental affects and take them into consideration prior to the awarding of any U of F bid to Buckeye, FL?
   
3.  Does this proposal indicate the continued production of cellulose by the Buckeye mill, and if so,  for how many years?
   
4.  Does this proposal indicate (or imply) that cellulose production by Buckeye will at some point in time be stopped, and replaced by the production of cellulosic ethanol?  Is that the goal?
   
5.  What effects would the genetically engineered e coli bacteria used in the process have upon human health if consumed in the drinking water of Taylor County residents?  If the answer to that question is not yet known, would IFAS agree to immediately undertake a detailed and thorough study to determine the answer to that question and provide the findings to the citizens of Taylor County prior to awarding any bid to Buckeye?
   
6. Has IFAS studied the area as to the appropriateness of the site, and is IFAS aware that the Floridan Aquifer in the area is an unconfined aquifer with a significantly lowered water table, extremely susceptible to contamination, subject to sinkholes, and already polluted by the Buckeye mill?
   
7.   If IFAS has not studied the hydrogeology of the area, would IFAS agree to such a study prior to awarding the bid to Buckeye?
   
8.  How much water per day would the process require, if and when full operations of the proposed plant were in operation - over and beyond the test period?  
   
9.  Can wastewater from Buckeye be used in the process --or is fresh water needed?
   
10.  Why is the contract, if this is merely a test site, being proposed for a period of a minimum of 40 years?
    
11.  Would IFAS consider changing that time period to less time such as for a period of two years to four years, by which time the test could be determined to be successful, or not?
    
12.  Does IFAS consider this proposal to be a test, an experiment, or does IFAS consider this proposal to be a business agreement with a partner and expect that partnership to last for 40 or more years?
    
13.  Since such a partnership includes a federal or state subsidy, composed of  tax money paid by citizens, has IFAS made plans to include the public in every step, every decision, every evaluation, so as to provide for openness and transparency?  
    
14.  Will duly-noticed publicized public hearings be available to Taylor citizens prior to Taylor or U of FL signing any resolutions or agreements?
    
15.  Is the University aware that the Taylor County Development Authority has already approached the Taylor County Commission and asked for a resolution in support of the project, and is planning to  approach other boards and community groups to seek support, before this project has been publicly and democratically made available for questions from the public?
    
16. What provisions for recourse have been made for the public if such transparency is not forthcoming?
    
17.  Would effluent from the mill be used in any process used by IFAS in the production of cellulosic ethanol, and if so, how much?  
    
18.  What treatment process is being considered or planned for discharged liquid?  
    
19.  Where would such waste be stored?
    
20.  What would be the chemical composition of the discharge?  
    
21.  Would there be any genetically engineered e coli bacteria, other bacteria, or enzymes in the discharge or waste from the process?
    
22.  How much discharge per day would be created by the process?
    
23.  Where will that discharge be sent?
    
24.  What is the minimum yearly expected production of cellulosic ethanol, and what is the maximum yearly expected production?
    
25. Is IFAS aware that air permits for Buckeye are not in effect at this time?
    
26. Is IFAS aware that water permits for Buckeye are not in effect at this time?
    
27. Should citizens legally protest the contract, is IFAS prepared for such challenges, and who will pay the legal fees - Buckeye or IFAS?
    
28.  We seek complete information on federal or state subsidies provided for this project, including the records of application/s and awards of such subsidies.
    
29. Will IFAS consider pertinent environmental factors not included in Buckeye's written responses to the ITN, and will IFAS compare those environmental factors to those of other bidders' responses as to the suitability, or unsuitability of the Buckeye site for IFAS' needs and/or future liabilities?
    
30. Will IFAS use or "take possession" of Buckeye's toxic discharge at any point during the processes of creating cellulosic ethanol?
    
31.  What "synergies" exist or may exist between IFAS and Buckeye?
    
32.  Is IFAS willing to risk the legal liabilities of such "ownership" of Buckeye's toxic effluents or of partnering with Buckeye should there be any transfer of such effluents to IFAS during the process?
    
33. Is IFAS aware of the extensive litigation and challenges to permits, in the past and on-going, concerning pollution problems caused by the Buckeye mill?
    
34. Is IFAS aware of current, existing challenges to the necessary permits required for the continued operation of the Buckeye mill?
    
35. Will IFAS consider existing studies by hydrogeologists, state agencies, federal agencies, or other entities concerning the area before making a decision or awarding a bid to Buckeye?  
    
36. Will IFAS assure that the public is well-informed and provide full disclosure by holding a series of informational workshops and public hearings, sponsored by IFAS, to allow questions and open dialogue with and from the public prior to any bid decisions?
    
37. Will IFAS allow any opposition to the plan to give oral and written testimony in public hearings before any award is given?
    
38. Will IFAS agree to initiating, continuing, and sponsoring an ongoing stakeholders' commission to ensure that the public is well-informed about the progress, process, effects, health effects, dangers, and successes or failures of the project throughout the life of the project and binding agreement?
    
39. What would be the total carbon footprint of such a proposal if put into action, including all inputs into initiation, processes, and production?
    
40. What is the true conversion efficiency of the process?
    
41. How does the Fischer Tropsch process differ from and compare to the process being planned?
    
42. Can cellulosic ethanol be produced with absolutely no health or environmental impacts?
    
43. Can cellulosic ethanol be economically used in the most energy efficient, least environmentally impacted applications as compared to renewable methane?
    
44. What is the net energy gain in the production of cellulosic ethanol, considering that, in the end, energy will be needed to separate ethanol and water, and then the need, inevitably, for the disposal of that water?
    
45. What is the cost of the three needed cellulase enzymes and the genetically engineered e coli bacteria?
    
46. What are the known environmental and human health impact of those enzymes and bacteria?
    
47. What are the environmental and human health costs of such enzymes and bacteria, current and future?
    
48.  If IFAS does not know the answers to the two previous questions, will IFAS agree to thoroughly study those questions and provide full disclosure before entering into the agreement?
    
49. How does gas mileage in automobiles using cellulosic ethanol compare to those using gasoline?
    
50. How does ethanol's lower heat content justify its production?
    
51. What is the amount of production of cellulosic ethanol in the United States at this time, and what companies are producing it economically, environmentally safely, and commercially viably?
    
52. Is it true that the more cellulosic ethanol is burned in automobiles, the worse the air quality becomes?
    
53. Is IFAS aware that the U.S. EPA has stated in very clear language that increased use of ethanol in gasoline will mean worse air quality in America?  
    
54. How does IFAS justify or argue against that statement of the EPA?
    
55. Is IFAS aware that the U.S. EPA has issued a fact sheet which says that using ethanol will result in major increases in the release of two of the worst air pollutants:  volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides?
    
56. Is IFAS aware that the U.S. EPA said in that fact sheet:  "Nationwide, EPA estimates an increase in total emissions of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides (VOC + NOx) [of] between 41,000 and 83,000 tons." And that it continued, saying, "Areas that experience a substantial increase in ethanol may see an increase in VOC emissions between four and five percent and an increase in NOx emissions between 6 and 7 percent from gasoline powered vehicles and equipment."?
    
57.  How does IFAS justify that truth with its own mission statements on page 4 of the ITN?
    
58.  What other feedstocks besides wood waste are IFAS and Buckeye considering using in the process?
    
59. How much will growers receive per ton?
    
60. Will the plant also burn municipal waste like other plants recently proposed in Georgia?
    
61. If water usage is expected to be 250,000 gal/day - where will the water come from?
    
62. Will IFAS or Buckeye apply for water usage permits?
    
63. What kinds of wastewater treatment will take place, and who will supply that treatment?
    
64. The BID doesn't reveal how much wood is necessary to heat the boiler (corn ethanol refineries burn 250 tons of coal daily); will this process require the use of coal?
    
65.  If a pound of wood can yield 6500 Btu., and if a pound of coal can yield 11,000 Btu, would this refinery burn up to 500 tons of wood daily, or burn coal?
    
66. Does the BID include pollution control costs?
    
67. What acids will be used to break down the lignocellulose?
    
68. Are those acids harmful to human health or the environment?
    
69. We notice that the BID claims ethanol is $1.50 to $2 a gallon: is IFAS aware that in
    

70. How much diesel and gasoline is needed to grow, harvest, and transport all this biomass?
    
71. Does the use of fossil fuels exceed the final product - ethanol?
    
72.  How much energy does it take to produce one unit of wood ethanol?
    
73.  Has IFAS considered how long the topsoil can last before it is depleted?
    
74. Has IFAS taken into consideration and fully studied the sustainability of continued pine or other crop production on Taylor County's already impacted soils?
    
75.  How will these activities impact the Floridan aquifer considering the fact that are and have been leaks in Buckeye's waste treatment system and settling ponds?
    
76.  Who will build the wastewater treatment plant and where will the sludge and water go?
    
77.  Has IFAS considered where the solid waste will go?  
    
78.  What would be chemical composition of the generated solid waste be?
    
79.  What would the environmental and health impacts of that solid waste be?
    
80.  Would such solid waste be termed hazardous waste?
    
81.  Would liquid waste from the process be termed hazardous waste?
    
82.  What permits does IFAS anticipate will be required from the State of Florida?
    
83.  What permits does IFAS anticipate will be required from the Environmental Protection Agency?
    
84. What is the timeline for obtaining required permits?
    
85.  Where is the closest lined landfill?
    
86.  Where will the tons of ash be disposed?
    
87.  What will be the chemical composition of ash created by the process?
    
88. Who will provide and pay for the traffic study?
    
89.  Who will build and where will the gasoline/ethanol blending facility be located?
    
90. Who will own the blending facility?
    
91.  What type smells/odors are associated with this type of facility?
    
92.  Can IFAS assure the community that the odors of such a process not add to the already pervasive and offensive odors of the pulp mill?
    
93.  How will the profits or losses be divided between Buckeye and IFAS?
    
94.  What are the sources of funding for this project?
    
85.  Will IFAS and Buckeye seek more public funding for the project?
    
86. Will IFAS provide certainty and full disclosure as to the complete sustainability of this project before entering into an agreement with Buckeye?
    
97. Is IFAS aware of the July 18, 2007 headline in the local Taylor County newspaper, the Taco Times, "Buckeye applies for $20 million grant"?
    
98.  If IFAS aware that the July 18, 2007  issue of the Taco Times included "The Buckeye initiative follows passage of a bill authorizing the University of Florida to construct an ethanol research center and demonstration plant to evaluate potential cellulose feed stocks including trees and tree residue, grasses, row crops, bagasse, and canes, and "other inedible portions of plants." ?
    
99.  Would IFAS agree that the previous statement requires clarification to the public?
    
100.  If so, how will such clarification be accomplished, and when will that take place?
     
101. Is IFAS aware that the same issue of the Taco Times stated "$20 million earmarked for ethanol facility by legislature"?
     
102. Is IFAS aware that the same issue of the Taco Times stated "The enabling legislation requires the University of Florida to act as the owner and proprietor of the plant."?
     
103. Why did IFAS include house bill 7123 in the packet, marking pages 66-68, when that bill was vetoed by Governor Crist?

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Sincerely,

Linda Young
Director
Clean Water Network of Florida, Inc.
517 Beverly Court
Tallahassee, FL  32301
Office:  850 222 9188
llyoung2@earthlink.net

And

Joe Murphy
Florida Program Coordinator
Gulf Restoration Network
352-583-0870 (office)
Florida Office Address:
34413 Orchid Parkway
Ridge Manor, Fl. 33523
www.healthygulf.org

Cc:

Dr. Lonnie O'Neal Ingram, Director
Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals & Fuels
University of Florida, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences
Bldg 981 Museum Road
P. O. Box 110700
Gainesville, Florida   32611-0700

Joy Towles Ezell
hopeforcleanwater@yahoo.com
850 584 7087    


"We are the ones we have been waiting for."