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May/June 2009 Biofuels Journal Kumar Plocher Profile (jpg)
4/23/09 Ukiah Daily Journal "Earth Day at Mendocino College..."
3/12/09 Ukiah Daily Journal "Seeking a Future"
2/18/09 Shaleece Haas "Biodiesel Grows Up" (link to Vimeo Video)
12/29/08 Farm and Garden Show Audio Interview with host Debra Scott (15 MB mp3 download)
7/9/08 Lake County Record Bee Epidendio Construction goes green
6/5/08 CBS 5 Evening News Backyard Brewers Make Fuel Amid High Gas Prices (video link)
5/5/2008 Voice Of America "Biodiesel: Fuel of the Future?" (audio- mp3) (article)
April 2008 Biodiesel Magazine "From the 'VEGGIE VAN' to the Big Screen"
3/13/2008 National Biodiesel Board NBB Appoints Members to Sustainability Task Force (pdf)
2/13/2008 Ukiah Daily Journal "Biofuels Proponent Stresses Sustainability"
2/9/2008 Press Democrat "Biofuel Users Say It's Still a Good Alternative"
Winter 2007 Terrain Magazine "Elbow Grease"
July/Aug 2007 Biofuels Journal "Eliminating Dust" (pdf)
5/1/2007 Center for American Progress "Interview with a Biodiesel Producer, Kumar Plocher."
3/16/2007 Independent Coast Observer "Renewable and sustainable fuels on the minds of many"
2/22/2007 San Francisco Chronicle "Fueling a Revolution"
1/12/2007 Ukiah Daily Journal Celebration of Leaders (pdf)
July/Aug 2006 GreenAmerica (fmr. Co-opAmer) Powered by Veggie Oil (pdf)
August 2005 North Bay Biz "Bioneering Biodiesel"
6/1/2005 Mendocino Country Independent "Biodiesel strategic, practical"
Fall 2004 Earth Island Journal "Make Fries, Not War"
11/24/2004 Lake County Record-Bee "A new smell on the farm"
November 2004 Common Ground "Biodiesel Road Trip"
November 2004 Wines and Vines "Will Biodiesel Fuel the future
10/27/2004 Ukiah Daily Journal "Biofuels fans buy their cars in Ukiah"
10/26/2004 Ukiah Daily Journal "Ukiah making a name for biofuels"
9/1/2004 Pacific Sun "Gas pump Revolution"
5/15/2004 Santa Rosa Press Democrat "Biodiesel Touted as fuel of the Future"
March 2004 New Settler Interview "Fry oil fuel stations"
1/14/2004 Windsor Times "Council considers fueling trucks with biodiesel"
8/24/2003 Ukiah Daily Journal Solfest 2003 photos
7/4/2003 Santa Rosa Press Democrat "Coffee Company turns to biodiesel"
6/25/2003 Ukiah Daily Journal "Biofuels gaining ground as easy energy source"
12/31/2002 Associated Press "Biofuel touted as alternative to foreign oil"
9/3/2002 Democracy Now! "alternatives to global warming" (audio- mp3) (video- mp4)
7/30/2002 Ukiah Daily Journal "Running on Vegetable Oil"

Ukiah Daily Journal 2/2/07 "Chamber Presents Awards"
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