So many parts of our daily lives could be made more sustainable with bioproducts and bioenergy. Fuels and products made from plants. How do we make these sustainable alternatives? With the help of some friendly microbes, like yeasts and bacteria.

In part two of a three part series on bioenergy, we focus on how we extract energy from plants for bioproducts. In part one, we followed the energy from the sun to a plant. Now, we are accessing that energy in the conversion step. We spoke to bioenergy researcher Ben Hall on how yeasts and bacteria are used to eat up plants and produce fuel.

In part two of a three part series on bioenergy, we focus on how we extract energy from plants for bioenergy. In part one, Bioenergy: Planting Photons, we followed the energy from the sun to a plant, the first step in the bioenergy-making process. Now, we'll take a deep dive into the conversion step, accessing that plant's stored energy. We spoke to bioenergy researcher Ben Hall on how yeasts and bacteria are used to eat up plants and produce fuels for our energy future.