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Beam Circular tells Newman council it is recruiting bioeconomy firms, training and infrastructure for North San Joaquin Valley
Summary
Beam Circular presented to the Newman City Council outlining a regional strategy to turn agricultural and green waste into higher‑paying biomanufacturing jobs, citing a $55 million capital stack and workforce and facility projects underway.
Karen Warner, CEO of the nonprofit Beam Circular, told the Newman City Council on Jan. 28 that the organization is coordinating a regional effort to attract and scale biobased manufacturing in the North San Joaquin Valley.
Warner said Beam Circular was launched in January 2023 out of the Stanislaus 2030 economic development planning process and uses public and private capital to help local farmers and processors turn organic byproducts into higher‑value products. “My name is Karen Warner. I’m the CEO of Beam Circular, a local nonprofit organization here in Stanislaus County,” Warner said.
Beam Circular described the sector — which it calls the circular bioeconomy or bioindustrial manufacturing — as using organic feedstocks…
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