8-K
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (BNET)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
Date ofReport (Date of earliest event reported): December 12, 2022 (December8, 2022)
BION
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Exact name of Registrant
as Specified in its Charter
| Colorado | 000-19333 | 84-1176672 |
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| State or Other Jurisdiction<br> of Incorporation | Commission File Number | IRS Employer Identification<br> Number |
9
East Park Court
OldBethpage**, NewYork**
11804
Address of Principal
Executive Offices, Including Zip Code
516-586-5643
Registrant's Telephone
Number, Including Area Code
Not applicable
Former name or former
address, if changed since last report
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Item 7.01 RegulationFD Disclosure.
On December 8, 2022, the Company issued a press release entitled “BionAdds Animal Welfare Expert Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, to Advisory Group ” which press release has been placed on the Investors page of our website**.**
Item 9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 99.1 | Press Release titled "Bion Adds Animal Welfare Expert Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, to Advisory Group " (December 8, 2022) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File<br> (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ Mark A. Smith | |
| Date: December 12, 2022 | Name: | Mark A. Smith, President |
Exhibit 99.1
BionAdds Animal Welfare Expert Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, to Advisory Group
December 8, 2022. New York. New York. Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a leader in the development of sustainable livestock production solutions, announced today that Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, Animal Sciences/Livestock Behavior, has joined Bion’s Advisory Group. She has also been engaged as a consultant to Bion. Dr. Edwards-Callaway will oversee development and implementation of the animal health and welfare program for Bion’s sustainable beef projects.
Dr. Edwards-Callaway will provide her expertise and insights related to animal accommodations and hygiene, animal care and feeding, and all other relevant aspects of animal health and welfare. Dr. Edwards-Callaway stated, “I am very excited to be working with Bion Environmental Technologies. Bion recognizes the importance of fully integrating animal welfare into sustainable livestock production systems and I am honored to be able to help them be pioneers in this space.”
Dr. Lily Edwards-Callaway is an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University focusing on livestock behavior and welfare. She received her PhD at Colorado State University. Dr. Edwards-Callaway has held various roles in academia, the packing industry, and cattle production, with a primary focus on improving animal welfare. She is involved in several industry groups and associations, including the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance Advisory Board and the Darden Animal Welfare Advisory Council.
Bion’s CEO, Bill O’Neill said “We are very pleased to have Dr. Edwards-Callaway join us on our Advisory Board and direct our animal health and welfare efforts. Along with environmental stewardship and resource efficiency , animal health and welfare are key components of Bion’s sustainability platform, both from an ethics and an economic perspective. We look forward to working with Dr Edwards-Callaway to develop a best-in-class program that complements our next generation approach to beef production.”
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Bion’s patented third generation technology (Gen3Tech) was designed to largely mitigate the environmental impacts of large-scale livestock production, increase its resource efficiencies, and deliver a USDA-certified sustainable product to the consumer. The platform simultaneously recovers high-value environmentally friendly fertilizer coproducts and renewable energy that increase revenues. Bion’s Gen3Tech platform can create a pathway to economic and environmental sustainability with ‘win-win’ benefits for a premium sector of the $175 billion U.S. livestock industry and the consumer. For more information, see Bion’s website at https://bionenviro.com.
This material includesforward-looking statements based on management's current reasonable business expectations. In this document, the words ‘will’,‘look forward (to)’, and similar expressions identify certain forward-looking statements. These statements are made in relianceon the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Section 27A of the Securities act of 1933, as amended. There are numerous risks and uncertaintiesthat could result in actual results differing materially from expected outcomes.
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