Searching for the most efficient way to generate energy is a hot topic of conversation, bringing ideas out of the woodwork seemingly every day. However, did you know that turning organic waste like ...

Two Sanilac County farms are moving toward environmental sustainability by participating in a project that will produce renewable natural gas from cow manure. Energy companies SJI and REV LNG are ...

My great-great-grandfather, a cheesemaker from Switzerland, migrated to the United States and earned a living by milking cows. I’m proud to carry on his tradition as a fifth-generation dairy farmer. I ...

Cow manure is an unlikely source of energy that has been used for centuries. Human waste is another surprising source of renewable energy that can be converted into biogas through anaerobic digestion.

BELLINGHAM -- Udderly fantastic, you say. An alternative-energy project at Western Washington University would power cars with natural gas harvested from cow manure. Students at the state university's ...

Austin Allred, owner of Washington’s Royal Family Farming, gets the connection between cows and the land. “Cows have an incredible relationship with soil when handled correctly,” he says. “This ...

Jan Henderson grew up in a farming household. “My grandfather was a dairy farmer in Western New York. My dad was a dairy farmer in Western New York. We moved to Florida and relocated our dairy farm in ...