Ag-West Bio

Ag-West Bio is a non-profit organisation that is the catalyst for the bio-economy in Saskatchewan, Canada. The province is well positioned to lead in addressing the challenges of climate change, energy security and sustainability. Ag-west Bio, or AWB, understands the economic and market imperatives of price and performance in industry adoption of bio-based products and processes, and the role government assistance and policy will play and we believe economic growth need not come at such a high cost to our environment.

Ag West Bio Inc. acts as a uniting and motivating force in the development of the bio-based economy in Saskatchewan. We aim to lead in positioning our province as our nation's leader in bio-products development and commercialization and we're off to a good start!

Saskatchewan is already home to a vibrant and growing bio-products? industry. Companies are commercially involved in or developing technologies relating to a wide range of activities including: new industrial plant-based oil products? and related technologies including wood treatments? and bio-diesel; Bio-energy including ethanol (from cereal grains), manure digesters? and waste treatments; gasification of wood-wastes for electricity (and conversion of syngas to liquid fuels); flax fiber? use in textiles and in composites, new processing technologies, bio-plastics? and absorbents, plant-made industrial products and pharmaceuticals as well as bio-control products. These are just some examples of the developments from this dynamic sector developing in Saskatchewan.

AWB works with other organizations including the Saskatchewan Environmental industry Managers Association, (SEiMA?), Communities for Tomorrow Initiative (which deals with community and municipal "green" technologies), and many other institutions featured on the Go Bio website.