Blue Diamond Ventures Inc (BLDV)

[TASHI]

In reference to the 03/26/2008 BLDV press release:

"Another key component is our memorandum of agreement with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System, whereby, the university will serve as our technical assistance partner in Belize. Our research initiatives will also focus on various technology advancements, identifying, assessing, cultivating and optimizing production of second generation energy feedstocks for cellulose and bio-oils, characterizing and optimizing the design of dedicated bioenergy crops and developing integrated logistics systems associated with the harvest, transport, storage and conversion of bioenergy crops."

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=836313&k=blue%20diamond%20ventures

The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) is now called Texas AgriLife Research. They are headquarted in Research Valley with 14 Research Centers that strech from El Paso to Beaumont to Amarillo to Weslaco. There are 1700 employees, including 425 doctoral-level scientists who are the top experts in their respective fields. The Research Centers budget totals $155.6 million second only to Texas A&M.

Please see link to Agrilife Research for full description:

http://agresearch.tamu.edu/about/

Looks like there's some heavy hitters on this team.

(jmo)