WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has announced three actions designed to expand the government's purchase of biobased products, promote regional rural job creation efforts and develop a rural healthcare workforce.
The initiatives include:
* Promoting a Bioeconomy. A Presidential Memorandum issued by President Obama directs the federal government to take decisive steps to dramatically increase the purchase of biobased products during the next two years, designed to create jobs and drive innovation where biobased products are grown and manufactured.
Biobased products include items such as paints, soaps and detergents that are developed from farm grown plants, rather than chemicals or petroleum. . .
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