PBS NewsHour Waste Not

Posted on 3rd December 2019
in Farm Powered Partners, Food Waste, Renewable Energy
by VanAdmin

Produced by Mary Beth Durkin and hosted by Allison Aubrey

How these Massachusetts farmers are turning manure and food waste into power

In the final episode of the special series this week on food waste, PBS News Hour looks at some innovative solutions being developed to deal with the growing problem of spoiled and surplus food in this country.

Special correspondent Allison Aubrey visited a state where dairy farmers are using it to power their farms and more.

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“Our team came together to be energy innovators but what we quickly learned was that helping support the American farm was the real motivating force.”
– John Hanselman

Goodrich Farm Facts

Generational Vermont dairy farm
Located in Salisbury, Vermont
Owned and operated by the Goodrich family
900 milking cows on site
1750 acres of hay
650 acres of corn

Utility

Vermont Gas

Project Inputs: Feedstock

Manure ~ 100 tons per day
Organics ~ 180 tons per day

Project Outputs:
RNG and Electricity

180,000 Mcf/y of baseload Renewable Natural Gas for pipeline injection
600kW of Renewable Electricity

Farm Benefits

Annual lease payment for land use
Liquid organic fertilizer to increase crop yields and reduce chemical fertilizer use
Separated solids for animal bedding
Phosphorus reduction
Reduced GHG emissions