Dairy digestor project featured during EPA visit

An Environmental Protection Agency Regional Director says anaerobic digesters are a solution for waste management and capturing farm emissions.

EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore tells Brownfield the agency, along with USDA, is working to accelerate anaerobic digestion capacity to reduce methane emissions and divert food waste from landfills while generating a renewable energy source, “I think this model with an independent operator and manager so the farmer can focus on what they do best, may be the successful way that we can build out,” she says.

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