| 7:30 am and on |
Registration |
| 8:15 am – 8:25 am |
Welcome and Overview |
| 8:25 am – 9:55 am |
Topic Presentations (30 minutes per topic)
- Digesters – Alex DePillis (Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets) and Nicholas Elger (US EPA AgSTAR Program)
- Organics diversion to digesters -- Dennis Fekert (Vermont Agency of Natural Resources) and Maria Steyaart (Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets)
- Nutrient recovery and nutrient management – Mark Stoermann (Newtrient)
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| 9:55 am – 10:15 am |
Break / Networking / Visit Exhibitors |
| 10:15 am – 11:45 am |
Facilitated Industry Panels (20 minutes per topic)
- Feedstock providers: Grow Compost, Casella, Ben & Jerry’s, and Bob Spencer
- Digester operators: Vermont Technical College, Audet’s Blue Spruce Farm, Maxwell’s Neighborhood Farm, Monument Farms, and Machia and Sons Dairy
- Digester and equipment providers: DVO, Martin Energy Resources, PlanET Biogas, EnviTec Biogas, and Ag-Grid Energy
- Nutrient management and nutrient recovery providers: Farm Compliance Services, Native Energy, Livestock Water Recycling, Trident, and Digested Organics
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| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm |
Wrap-Up and Begin Networking
- Wrap-Up: Concluding thoughts and action items
- Networking tables: Attendees invited to gather around one of three tables:
- Organics to digesters
- Digesters
- Nutrient extraction
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| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm |
Lunch / Networking / Visit Exhibitors |
| 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm |
Digester Preliminary Feasibility Forum for Farmers and Financing Session (45 minutes each)
- Feasibility forum: Interested farmers get guidance on what makes for a successful digester project. Interactive session presented by Newtrient and EPA AgSTAR.
- Financing panel: Vermont Economic Development Authority and USDA Rural Development. Presented by Vermont Department of Economic Development.
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| 2:30 pm onward |
Tour of brewery and digester at Magic Hat |
