The farm that Alice and Caleb Crothers inherited in 2015 was, like many dairy farms nationwide, struggling — but now, cow manure is helping to keep it going.
Last fall, the Crothers started up a system — made up of a 60-foot-wide, 14-foot-deep container and special bacteria — that captures fumes from cow poop to generate electricity.
That container, called a digester, produces enough energy to power their entire farm; a solution rare in Maryland and much of the U.S., but not so rare in California…