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MA digester to put manure, food waste to work
May 17, 2016
By The Recorder
By The Recorder
May 17, 2016
By The Recorder
By The Recorder
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May 17, 2016, Deerfield, MA โ Manure happens.
After trying for more than seven years, Bar-Way Farm is installing a system to turn the 25 tons of manure its 500 Holstein cows produce daily into electricity, heat and fertilizer.
The $4 million methane digester being built at the fourth-generation Mill Village Road farm will not only make the operation more economically viable, says Peter Melnick, a partner in the farm, but will also help the stateโs nearly year-old commercial food waste ban by providing a receptacle for organic material from supermarkets, restaurants and manufacturers. READ MORE
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