Jim Muir at Savage View Farm on Grand Isle, Vermont, one of Agricultural Digesters’ clients, featured on the front page of the New York Times business section.
Savage View Farm in Grand Isle, Vermont, an Agricultural Digesters’ client, was featured in a story on the front page of the New York Times business section describing how funding from the Inflation Reduction act helped generational family farms.
The Times understood that a digester adds revenue streams which increase a farm’s bottom line. Rather than just milk and meat, dairy farms can now also sell renewable energy, carbon offsets and organic compost while offsetting their considerable bedding costs. These are the benefits our digesters provide.
Together, the projects have garnered almost $4 million in federal and state grants through REAP, the Vermont Community Loan Fund, and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). In addition, farms can use or transfer significant tax credits.
Anaerobic digesters reduce greenhouse gas emissions by converting cow manure and organic waste (e.g., from a brewery) into renewable energy, heat, pathogen-free animal bedding and a more spreadable, largely odorless fertilizer. This includes the methane emitted by storage lagoons and manure in the fields.
Ryan and Dwight Bullis photographed in their barn.
Sara Griswold, Ryan’s fianc’ee, in field between farm and Lake Champlain.
Ryan helps newborn “pose” for the New York Times.
Jim Muir provided the Times with project details.
From right, owner Dwight Bullis, Ryan Bullis and Sara Griswold.