{"693709":{"#nid":"693709","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Markets, New Possibilities: The Future of Georgia Forestry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn today\u0027s episode, Ryan Phillips with the Georgia Forestry Commission and Christopher Luettgen with Georgia Tech\u0027s Renewable Bioproducts Institute discuss the challenges facing Georgia\u0027s timber industry and how the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Forestry Innovation Initiative (GFII)\u003C\/strong\u003E emerged from the Governor Kemp\u0027s Forestry Task Force. GFII is a collaborative effort to \u003Cstrong\u003Edevelop new markets for Georgia-grown wood\u003C\/strong\u003E by taking innovative technologies already proven in the laboratory and demonstrating their potential for commercial production\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E From \u003Cstrong\u003Etransforming sawmill wood chips\u003C\/strong\u003E into materials that could be used to make refrigerants, solvents and other everyday products to developing a pilot facility in partnership with The Langdale Company, we\u0027ll explore how this initiative could create new opportunities for forest landowners, strengthen rural economies and help shape the future of Georgia\u0027s forest products industry.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatrees.org\/news\/digital-media-toolkit\/georgia-forestry-forum-podcast\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EListen to the episode.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETune in to Episode 32 of the Georgia Forestry Forum podcast as Georgia Tech\u2019s Christopher Luettgen and the Georgia Forestry Commission\u2019s Ryan Phillips discuss how the Georgia Forestry Innovation Initiative is turning research into new markets for Georgia-grown wood, creating opportunities for the timber industry and rural economies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tune in to Episode 32 of the Georgia Forestry Forum as Georgia Tech\u2019s Christopher Luettgen and Ryan Phillips discuss creating new markets for Georgia-grown wood."}],"uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2026-11-03 16:43:28","changed_gmt":"2026-11-03 16:45:09","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681638":{"id":"681638","type":"image","title":"Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-11.44.14-AM.png","body":null,"created":"1793724276","gmt_created":"2026-11-03 16:44:36","changed":"1793724276","gmt_changed":"2026-11-03 16:44:36","alt":"The Georgia Forestry Forum","file":{"fid":"266070","name":"Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-11.44.14-AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/11\/03\/Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-11.44.14-AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/11\/03\/Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-11.44.14-AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":633778,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/11\/03\/Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-11.44.14-AM.png?itok=sVZNf0Yq"}}},"media_ids":["681638"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: ychernet3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EYanet Chernet\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}