in 2019, middlebury college created a visionary set of goals titled energy 2028 to reduce their carbon footprint. one of the goals consisted of transitioning the college to 100% renewable energy sources. from this, sparked a relationship between vanguard renewables, middlebury college and a farmer named chase goodrich. the end product: a methane digester that will create renewable natural gas for the college, diversify the farms revenue streams and save our beloved lake champlain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
in 2019, middlebury college created a visionary set of goals. now cow poop and food waste have the ability transform a college campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9953,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5196,4910],"tags":[4117,4142,344,2872,9,123,591,271],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-storyfest","category-renewable-energy","tag-biodigestion","tag-energy2028","tag-farms","tag-lakes","tag-renewable-energy","tag-runoff","tag-storyfest","tag-waterways"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n