Vermont 'Digester' Harvests Renewable Gas, Like Cow Manure and Food Waste, for Cooking
A well of natural gas is surfacing next to a dairy barn in Addison County — with not a drill rig in sight.
Digestion, on the other hand, is in full swing.
Without odor or fanfare, methane wrung from the manure of 900 cows and organic waste from regional cheese, beer, coffee and ice cream plants will enter the Vermont Gas Systems pipelines by mid-spring, the utility says.