With around 70 active members on every continent, Blum describes Sorghum United as a grassroots organization that involves each part of the value chain from researchers to the consumer.
“This is a global sorghum conference in every sense of the word,” Blum said. “There are people here from all over the world, and many of our team members at Sorghum United who live in some of these places are here, so it is really nice for us to be able to get together.”
The conference is heavily focused on research, Blum said, and brings in researchers from around the world. There have been many conversations about consumer product development at the conference as well, Blum added.
“I know Kansas State has had a big impact on this conference, as a matter of fact,” Blum said.
A big topic of conversation around the world, Blum said, is the different uses of sorghum for food, fuel, and fiber. An example Blum provided is the Texas company, Milex, which manufactures a natural blow-in insulation made from grain sorghum.
Read more on Oklahoma Farm Report.
