CSU to host 2-day food-energy-water workshop in Va.

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University next month will host a two-day workshop in Arlington, Va., offering insights and solutions to the global issues of food, energy and water.

The workshop is sponsored by both CSU and the National Science Foundation. It will include expert analysis from around the nation.

The workshop will begin with discussions of issues in two energy sectors: oil and gas production and biofuels production. That will lead into an evaluation of research needs related to sustainable energy production, according to CSU officials.

CSU speakers participating will include chemical and biological engineering professor Ken Reardon, who is organizing the…