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Do you know cow manure can be turned into useful energy? That’s thanks in part to digesters, which help dairy farmers make cow poop something we can all use. Micro-organisms break down organic materials like cow manure or food waste in a process called anaerobic digestion. This ha...

Self-described as an “older millennial,” Chris Noble became passionate about green energy as a student at Cornell University. Ten years later, the seventh-generation farmer created a business model that uses partnerships within the western New York area to create green energy. The coo...

When a college biology professor challenged Brett Reinford and his fellow classmates with the assignment to come up with ideas on how to incorporate alternative energy into their lives, he never imagined the impact it would have on his family’s dairy farm and the surrounding community.&ldqu...

Ten years ago, Washington dairy farmer Steve Vander Haak decided to take a leap of faith. He had been looking for a way to diversify his farm and to do good things for the environment. So, when an opportunity arose to partner with Washington State University and Andgar Corporation, he took it....

One Pennsylvania dairy is not only producing milk, but it’s also taking uneaten and expired food from local grocery stores and distribution centers and turning it into electricity.

With three young children, Cliff and Andrea Sensenig wanted to find a way to make their Kirkwood, Pa., dairy farm last for generations to come.As the family explored options, they realized that one piece of technology, which they originally considered out of their league, could work for them &nda...

It’s not exactly like the ice cream man visits twice a week at Bill Rowell’s dairy farm in Vermont. Yes, a truck from the iconic Ben & Jerry’s company heads to his Green Mountain Dairy, but it isn’t bringing a cool treat for Rowell, who runs the farm with his br...

Frank Konyn figures there are about 150 breweries within a reasonable drive from his dairy farm in the County of San Diego, Calif. He frequents 19 of them but it has nothing to do with grabbing a cold one after a long day of milking cows. Instead, he makes weekly stops to pick up something the...

Heather Foster-Provencher has a very concise way of describing her job.“I sell cow manure,” she says. Don’t be fooled by her succinctness. Selling cow manure is big business for her family’s Vermont dairy farm. And, as she and her father, Bob Foster, can attest, what&rsquo...