NATIONAL WIND ENERGY COALITION CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY, FORESEES CONTINUED GROWTH IN MEMBERS, ACTIVITIES
WASHINGTON, DC, July 17, 2006---The national Wind Energy Works! coalition celebrates its first anniversary this month. Launched to highlight the breadth and strength of support for wind energy across the country, the coalition brings together the American Wind Energy Association and a wide array of groups that support wind energy development for its many benefits. The coalition has grown from 23 members at the time it was launched to almost 70 members today, and includes national, regional and local agricultural, economic development, environmental, and faith-based groups. For a full listing of members see http://www.windenergyworks.org/coalition_members.html.....complete Story

AMERICAN CORN GROWERS CO-SPONSOR WINDPOWER 2006 IN PITTSBURGH, PA

Renewable Energy, Soaring Cost of Corn Production and U. S. Farm Policy Are Key ACGF Messages

PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2006---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), through their Wealth From The Wind (WFTW) program, are major sponsors of WINDPOWER 2006 June 4-7 in Pittsburgh, PA.  WINDPOWER 2006 is expected to be the largest wind energy conference and trade show ever held in North America with as many as forty-five hundred to five thousand participating in the activities.....complete Story

WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2006---Energy is on the front page of our nation’s papers again.  From high prices at the gas pump to bitter disputes over drilling in wilderness areas, Americans are examining their “addiction to oil.” ....complete Story

WASHINGTON, DC, August 10, 2005---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF), through its Wealth From The Wind program, is continuing its information, education and outreach project aimed at developing the economic and environmental potential of wind power generation for the economic benefit of farmers, the people living in rural communities and for the future energy security of American society.....complete Story

New National Coalition Formed to Promote Clean, Renewable, Domestic Wind Energy Development
“Wind Energy Works!” Will Draw on Diverse Membership to Engage in the National Wind Energy Conversation, Combat Misinformation
July 6, 2005 – Washington, D.C. – The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today announced the formation of a broad national coalition of wind energy advocates that is intended to be the largest pro-wind energy development organization of its kind in the United States.  Wind Energy Works! will actively and aggressively engage in the public conversation over the merits of wind energy, educate the public about the many benefits of wind energy development, and act as a counterbalance to the misinformation being spread by wind energy opponents in communities across the country.....complete Story

AMERICAN CORN GROWERS CO-SPONSOR NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST EVER WIND CONF. 

U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY WIND POWERING AMERICA PROGRAM PRAISED FOR AG OUTREACH

DENVER, MAY 15, 2005---The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), through their Wealth From The Wind program, are a major sponsor of WINDPOWER 2005 this week in Denver, Colo.  WINDPOWER 2005 is expected to be the largest wind energy event ever held in North America with as many as four thousand expected to attend....complete Story

AMERICAN CORN GROWERS FOUNDATION RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT LOST CORN GLUTEN MARKET
LOW CORN PRICES DUE TO BIOTECH BLUNDERING
Washington, D.C., May 9, 2005—The American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) and the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) are warning U.S. corn farmers that key U.S. corn gluten exports are being lost due to unapproved biotech, specifically GMO (genetically modified organisms) varieties that are unacceptable in various markets....complete Story

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2004—A new nationwide survey of U.S. corn farmers found that they planted only 34.4 percent of their total corn acres to genetically modified (GMO), biotech varieties in 2004.  Robinson and Muenster Associates, Inc. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota conducted the survey for the American Corn Growers Foundation (ACGF) Farmer Choice-Customer First program during June of 2004....more

CORN FARMER SURVEY SHOWS VERY STRONG SUPPORT FOR WIND ENERGY INCENTIVES