Genera, A Biomass Solutions Company & Manufacturing Facility in Vonore, Tennessee
Photo: Sam Jackson, VP of Business Development, Dr. Kelly Tiller President, CEO & Founder of Genera, and Brad Valentine, Feed Stock Manager pictured at Genera’s manufacturing facility located in Vonore, Tennessee, 2019.
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Genera, A Biomass Solutions Company & Manufacturing Facility in Vonore, Tennessee
Genera, a Biomass solutions company in Vonore, Tennessee.Today, we are setting the table with a really good story in East, Tennessee Agriculture. We visit with Genera, in Vonore, Tennessee - this is a company that manufactures compostable food service table ware, take out containers and such from domestically sourced, sustainably raised switchgrass and biomass sorghum. Genera is actively recruiting local farmers and land owners to grow these sustainable crops, and today we will visit with Kelley Tiller who is CEO of Genera, Sam Jackson, VP of business development, And Brad Valentine, feedstock manager. The product line brand name for the molded products made from the switchgrass and bio mass sorghum is “Earthables” and it is available through distributors.
Our friend Fred Sauceman of Johnson City shares a Potluck radio segment on Wild Mountain Leeks - known in Appalachia as Ramps - with the late JoAnne Kalonaheskie - who was a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.
Links:
Genera: https://generainc.com/
Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman
Emi Sunshine sings the “Tennessee Farm Table” theme song: https://theemisunshine.com/