Meet Joel Edmonds

Joel Edmonds has taken over as general manager of Inland Empire Oilseeds under a management agreement with AgVenturesNW (not as majority shareholders as we erroneously reported last week, although they may become majority shareholders at some time in the future). Edmonds and Wally Kempe are the two principals in 1138, LLC who have been negotiating with IEO since last November to work out a way to get the plant reopened and operating once again.

Kempe was out of town, but Edmonds talked to The Record last Thursday about his company, himself and what he sees as a bright future for biofuels.

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