HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Farm Show has officially concluded, and officials announced that the famed 1,000-lb. butter sculpture will be broken down and recycled into “renewable energy.”
The 4-H Club of Dauphin County helped scrape down the 1,000-lb. butter sculpture, which celebrates America’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the growth of American agriculture, on Sunday.
Officials say the sculpture, along with thousands of pounds of food waste from nearby stores, will be taken to a Mifflintown farm, where it will be broken down in a methane digester to create renewable energy.
“It’s the perfect example of a sustainable and cyclical operation,” said dairy farmer Brett Reinford, who owns the Mifflintown farm. “Our digesters provide an ideal solution for our farm and retailers to turn waste into energy.”…