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Composting Projects

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ACE Farm: Enclosed windrow composting

Contractor: ACE Farm
Project #: 6749
Contact: Tyler Etzel 845.783.1381
Sector: Poultry
Size: 130,000 laying hens
Technology/End Products Enclosed windrow composting
Project Type & Status: Demonstration - composting system operating
NYSERDA Funding: $166,785
Total Project Budget: $342,700

Brey’s Egg Farm: High-rise and windrow composting

Contractor: Brey's Egg Farm
Project #: 6748
Contact: Dan Brey 845.482.5464
Sector: Poultry
Size: 345,000 birds
Technology/End Products High-rise and windrow composting
Project Type & Status: Demonstration - composting system operating
NYSERDA Funding: $110,000
Total Project Budget: $230,800

Cornell Waste Management Institute: Linking farm composts and agricultural users

Contractor: Cornell Waste Management Institute
Project #: 7253
Contact: Ellen Harrison 607.255.8576
Sector: Dairy
Size: NA
Technology/End Products Linking farm composts and agricultural users
Project Type & Status: Market development
NYSERDA Funding: $80,000
Total Project Budget: $160,000

Cornell Waste Management Institute: Composting

Contractor: Cornell Waste Management Institute
Project #: 6593
Contact: Ellen Harrison 607.255.8576
Sector: Multiple ag sectors
Size: NA
Technology/End Products Composting
Project Type & Status: Test 30 composts and evaluate testing/ labeling program - test results analyzed
NYSERDA Funding: $180,000
Total Project Budget: $263,887

Earthworks, Inc.: Composting

Contractor: Earthworks, Inc.
Project #: 6254
Contact: Bob Walker 518.851.2955
Sector: Dairy
Size: 1,000+ milking cows
Technology/End Products Composting
Project Type & Status: Farm collaborative demo with composter business operator
NYSERDA Funding: $75,000
Total Project Budget: $417,544

Fessenden Dairy: Vermicomposting
Poster #2

Contractor: Fessenden Dairy
Project #: 6745
Contact: Tim Fessenden 315.364.5762
Sector: Dairy
Size: 550 milking cows
Technology/End Products Vermicomposting
Project Type & Status: Demonstration of full -scale vermicomposting system - being operated
NYSERDA Funding: $90,000
Total Project Budget: $202,800

Kreher’s Poultry Farms: Aerobic stabilization to make fertilizerg

Contractor: Kreher’s Poultry Farms
Project #: 6247
Contact: Bret Kreher 716.759.6802
Sector: Poultry
Size: 600,000 laying hens
Technology/End Products Aerobic stabilization to make fertilizer
Project Type & Status: Single farm demo - composting system operating
NYSERDA Funding: $200,000
Total Project Budget: $1,549,803

NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling: Composting

Contractor: NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling
Project #: 6184
Contact: Melanie O’Donnell 315.453.2866
Sector: Multiple ag sectors
Size: NA
Technology/End Products Composting
Project Type & Status: Develop program for compost labeling and marketing - work completed
NYSERDA Funding: $32,265
Total Project Budget: $44,484