Biotechnology enables consumers to choose everyday products for their home with natural, sustainable and renewable chemical ingredients.

The history of selecting animals such as cows, chickens, and pigs with improved genetics has provided  steady  improvement to their sustainability, welfare and disease resistance.

The history of selecting plants with improved genetics has provided steady improvements including increased yields while using fewer resources and greater resistance to disease and pests.

The ability to prevent, prepare for, and respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases depends on an improved understanding of the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health.

Global barriers to agricultural innovation are denying U.S. farmers access to the latest tools of biotechnology.

First introduced in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, the Farm Bill’s energy title programs support investment in and adoption of renewable energy, renewable chemicals and energy efficiency technologies through research, consumer education, market development programs, and financial grants and loan guarantees.

By requiring annually increasing volumes of biofuel and displacing petroleum, the Renewable Fuel Standard builds rural prosperity as it increases U.S. energy security and improves environmental health.

Rather than provide long-term certainty to the advanced and cellulosic biofuels industry, Congress has extended tax credits for the industry on a year-to-year basis. As a result, few companies make efficient use of these tax credits because they cannot predict their availability at the beginning of each year.

The strength and success of America’s economy increasingly depends on our ability to innovate and provide technological solutions.

BIO estimates a direct U.S. economic impact of $205 billion and 1.665 million jobs from biobased manufacturing.