Highlights from 2024:

• Over the past 5 years, AURI helped businesses contribute $187 million in new annual sales, $85 million in capital invested, and 717 jobs created or retained to the Minnesota economy.
• Grand Opening of AURI's Bioindustrial Innovation Center in Waseca, MN on April 8, 2024. This new facility doubled AURI's pilot lab footprint and capabilities to help meet demand.
• Completion of a 3-year partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Marketing Service. Through this collaboration, AURI produced a series of reports, briefs, and tools to aid small meat processors. Resources are available at AURI's website.
• Partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to explore the potential of using industrial hemp fiber in erosion control sediment products.
• Worked on 210 client projects and initiatives in the areas of food, bioindustrial products, and multi-area segments.
• The AURI Connects program hosted 10 events, bringing together more than 1,000 event participants across the food and ag value chain. Events included webinars, field days, the annual New Uses Forum, and a Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable.

Read the full Annual Report at AURI's website or listen to the Year-in-Review podcast episode featuring AURI Executive Director Shannon Schlecht and AURI Board Chair Federico Tripodi.