** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS PROJECT EXAMINES HOW SMALL BUSINESSES THAT USE BIOMASS TO CREATE SUCH PRODUCTS AS PREMIUM SOILS FOR POTTING, GREENHOUSES, AND LANDSCAPING INTERSECT WITH FUTURE LARGE-SCALE NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL (SAF) IS THIS PROPOSAL'S TARGET PRODUCT, RECOGNIZING THAT THE AVIATION INDUSTRY HAS NO OTHER RENEWABLE OPTIONS AS HYDROGEN FUELED AND BATTERY ELECTRIC PASSENGER JETS ARE NOT NEAR-TERM TECHNOLOGIES. SOCIAL IMPACTS OF SAF ADOPTION HAVE BEEN UNDERSTUDIED, AND THE CROSSOVER WITH SMALL BIOMASS STAKEHOLDERS IS ALMOST COMPLETELY UNEXPLORED. THIS STUDY WILL EXPLORE AND QUANTIFY HOW NETWORKS OF ORGANIZATIONS MAY BUILD A MARKET THROUGH PRE-COMPETITIVE COLLABORATION AT A LOCAL AND NATIONAL SCALE TO DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL USE A CASE COMPARISON APPROACH TO 1) ANALYZE THE MARKET FOR A RANGE OF BIOPRODUCTS, 2) PERFORM A MARKET DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, 3) COMPLETE A PROCESS ANALYSIS INCLUDING TIME AND MOTION STUDIES, AND 4) USE INSIGHTS FROM THE CASE COMPARISON AND SPECIFIC POLICY SCENARIOS TO RUN LIFE CYCLE ANALYSES (LCA) AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSES (TEA) AND PERFORM AGENT-BASED MODELING SIMULATION. THROUGH THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ABOVE AND REAL WORLD CASE STUDIES, WE WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO SCALE EMERGING MARKETS, PROCESSES, AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR LOW-CARBON PROCESSING OF BIOMASS WASTE. WE WILL DEVELOP A NATIONALLY-RELEVANT THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS MODELS, SUCH AS DEPOTS, FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY.