A multiple option demonstration, based on life cycle analysis, to transition from a coal-mining past to a CO2 sequestering future through diverse prairie establishment in reclaimed mine land for landowners

The purpose of this award is for the grantee to demonstrate three replicable options, based on life cycle analysis of carbon balance, of growing high diversity prairie in reclaimed coal mined land in order to initiate the process of improving soil, sequestration carbon and generating feedstock for Energy production of high quality food, thus transitioning from carbon-extracting past to a CO2 sequestering economy of the future.