Vanguard Renewables announced as a 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards Finalist
World Changing Ideas Awards 2021 recognizes companies that have achieved incredible impact and have been in business between 5 and 14 years
A Vanguard for growth
Working directly with food manufacturers and other organic waste producers from across the food and beverage spectrum, Vanguard Renewable’s projects have placed an emphasis on recycling organic waste that would have previously ended up in a landfill.
Oklahoma farms to benefit from plan to harness renewable natural gas
Tulsa-based One Gas has entered into a partnership to develop and expand on potentials for tapping farm-based renewable natural gas as an energy option. The partnership with Vanguard Renewables will focus on projects in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, the companies said in a release. It will be Vanguard Renewables’ first mid-continent alliance with a local natural gas distribution company.
How Whole Foods creates a second chance for would-be food waste
Whole Foods Market Inc. follows a strong food waste strategy to prevent and divert food from entering landfill, mirroring what is proposed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Food Recovery Hierarchy. According to Whole Foods, each store’s team members are thoroughly trained on food waste efficiency, from smart ordering to food donation best practices.
Stonyfield Organic Takes on Climate Advocacy & Farm-level Emissions
Britt Lundgren, Director of Organic & Sustainable Agriculture at Stonyfield discusses Stonyfield's current climate priorities with the Climate Collaborative
Sustainable Solutions
By partnering with family farms and the food and beverage industries, the anaerobic digestion facilities at Goodrich Family Farm repurpose unavoidable food waste into value for people and the planet. Building these farm-powered facilities on farms leverages the amazing synergies that exist between food waste recycling and regenerative agriculture practices.
This Food Gets Converted Into Energy
As much as 40 percent of the country's food supply gets thrown out. In Massachusetts, Vanguard Renewables, its farm partners, and companies including Whole Foods are combining that food waste with manure to produce renewable energy.
Un-Packaging the Food Recycling Revolution
Vanguard’s six facilities, located on dairy farms across Massachusetts and in Vermont, convert a combination of food waste and manure from farms into natural gas using a process called anaerobic digestion.
GreenBiz: Unilever, Starbucks are founding members in venture to turn food waste into energy
The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. Vanguard Renewables created the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance to start delivering on this promise for its founding members Unilever, Starbucks and Dairy Farmers of America.
Vanguard Renewables and Partners Tap into Dairy Biogas for RNG
Vanguard Renewables is investing in both dairy manure only to renewable natural gas and co-digestion of food waste and dairy manure to renewable natural gas market options, At projects under construction nationwide they will make either electricity, heat, or transportation fuel. And it’s growing its network to pump up its feedstock supply while helping farmers cut greenhouse gas emissions.