Vanguard Renewables Announces Massachusetts-based 88 Acres Joins the Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program
The program brings New England-based companies together to collaborate on eliminating food waste from landfills by recycling it into renewable energy on regional dairy farms via Farm Powered® anaerobic digestion. It is a shared mission to redirect food waste, fight climate change, and help to support dairy farmers across the region.
Vanguard Renewables announces innovative partnership with AstraZeneca to decarbonize United States medicines manufacturing
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, AstraZeneca (AZN) is partnering with Vanguard Renewables to enable the delivery of renewable natural gas (RNG) to all of its sites in the United States by the end of 2026.
e-Renewable: Expansion Nationwide to 150 RNG Sites are in the Plan
On episode 184 of The Green Insider, Neil Smith, CEO of Vanguard Renewables, discusses food waste, manure, landfill, carbon accounting, natural gas prices, and the carbon intensity (CI) score. Neil also talks about repurposing methane for good. This episode features another informative podcast on RNG.
WasteDive: Biogas industry leaders advocate for standardization, facilities streamlining for long-term growth
Executives at two major biogas companies said the industry needs to hone its message to investors and streamline its business model in order to play a more significant role in the renewable energy mix of the future.
Vanguard Renewables Announces CFE Seafoods Joins the Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program
Vanguard Renewables is proud to announce that CFE Seafoods, located in Auburndale, MA, is the latest New England food and beverage manufacturer to join the Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program (FPSH)
How Dairy Farmers Are Turning Manure Into Money
Dairy Farmers have found a way to help the planet and convert more than 9,000 tons of cow waste annually into electricity. They take full advantage of a commodity the cows produce in abundance, and built an anaerobic digester—basically, a manure-fueled power plant.
Waste Dive: How ESG considerations are influencing strategy in the waste industry
David Darr, Chief Sustainability Officer at Vanguard Renewables, recently took part in a virtual conversation with Waste Dive
Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle: Cookies at Fancypants Baking Co.
The Upcycled Food Association defines an upcycled product as “foods that are made with ingredients that would otherwise have ended up in a food waste destination such as a landfill or incinerator.” These upcycled foods are good for people and the planet because they create a more sustainable and resilient food system.
Beer Me: Breweries in the Northeast are Leading the Charge on Sustainability
Breweries across the Northeast are stepping up to help fight climate change in a big way, and one of the latest breweries to join the fight is Sloop Brewing Co.
Warmer Freezers, Lower Emissions
Unilever is determined to improve their ice cream products’ sustainability by reducing the carbon footprint of their ingredients. Both the cows on the farms and the dairy products produced come with a large carbon footprint.
Barstow’s Farm In Hadley Takes The Long View
The Barstow family that has always embraced change and diversification has taken some dramatic new turns in recent years, first with Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, and later, through a partnership with Vanguard Renewables to build one of the first farm-powered anaerobic digesters in New England.
Great Lakes Cheese Joins National Movement to Turn Food Waste into Renewable Energy
Vanguard Renewables is announcing that Great Lakes Cheese has joined the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, a collaborative movement to boost food waste recycling and expand renewable energy production across America. The Alliance was founded in 2020 by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America and now has grown to include 15 U.S. food industry leaders.
Vanguard Renewables Receives Environmental Leadership Award from Northeast Recycling Council
Boston – November 15, 2022 – Vanguard Renewables was awarded the 2022 Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) Environmental Sustainability Leadership Award at NERC’s Fall Conference recently held in Connecticut.
Massachusetts companies are turning to ‘anaerobic digesters’ to dispose of food waste
Massachusetts companies that generate more than half a ton of food waste a week can no longer send it to landfills or incinerators. This has created a demand for "anaerobic digesters.
Mass. has too much food waste. Increasingly, it’s being used to make electricity
Massachusetts throws away almost one million tons of food waste every year. To help decrease this, the state has tightened its food waste ban; as of November, 2022, any business that generates more than a half a ton of food waste per week cannot send it to landfills or incinerators.
A “Farm Powered” Business Model For Scalable Renewable Energy Production From Waste
It has been pointed out that “waste is only really waste if you waste it.” That is of particular concern when what is being wasted is potential renewable energy. Our food system generates two major waste streams that have traditionally ended up on the negative side of their potential – the manure that comes from farm animals, and the inedible food waste that happens at the food manufacturing or retail level.
CBS News Boston: Eye on Earth – Massachusetts farm turning poop into power
At Jordan Dairy Farm in Rutland, the cows are doing two things – producing milk and poop, lots of poop. Cow manure to be specific. That may seem like a stinky problem. But it's how the farm is being powered.
Repurposing Organic Waste into Renewable Energy
Farmers can generate additional revenue from the lease payments and save on livestock bedding and fertilizers through our method. We handle all their manure needs and enable them to take part in a sustainable, circular farming economy.
Can Regenerative Agriculture Regenerate the US Food System?
Recently, the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee of Oversight and Reform discussed calls to reform federal policies that unjustly favor corporate agribusiness, often at the expense of family farmers.
Waste 360: Vermont-based Farmers Host Large AD Operation, Supplying Neighboring College With Renewable Natural Gas
A Vermont farm, neighboring college, and utility are partnering with Vanguard Renewables on a project that has capacity to convert about 180 tons of food and beverage waste and 100 tons of manure into renewable natural gas (RNG) each day.
Vanguard Renewables Launches Farm Powered Sustainability Heroes Program
Boston - Chobani, Kikkoman Foods Inc., Schreiber Foods, Hillebrand, and Polar Beverages are the latest food and beverage companies to join the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA/Alliance), a collaborative movement to boost food waste reduction and recycling, and expand renewable energy production across America. The Alliance, founded in 2020 by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America aims to avoid or eliminate food waste first and repurpose what can’t be eliminated into renewable energy via farm-based anaerobic digesters.
Nothing Wasted, Episode 165: Climate Change Warriors Unite at Vanguard Renewables
Meet Neil Smith, CEO of Vanguard Renewables, a leading company in the development of organics-to-renewable energy projects. In this NothingWasted! episode, we spoke with Smith about renewable agriculture, the power of partnerships, Vanguard’s expansion plans, and more.
RNG Firm’s Growth Aimed at Repurposing Methane for the Good
Reducing methane is the number one thing we can do to address climate change over the next decade. RNG is one of the key components of that effort.
How the Sustainability Journey Can Be a Powerful Tool for Change
Leaders from the CPG, restaurant and IT industries highlighted how they sold important ideas and ambitions around impact and responsibility internally, and how that translates to external success.
Vermont Creamery Joins National Movement to Turn Food Waste into Renewable Energy
BOSTON – Vermont Creamery and Vanguard Renewables recently announced that Vermont Creamery has joined the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, a collaborative movement to boost food waste recycling and expand renewable energy production across America.