Good morning BESTers,

         On-farm waste is an excellent source food waste digestion 
projects.  Processing fresh produce from the field to the market 
produces a huge amount of organic waste.  An onion processor in 
California, Gills Onions, will be digesting trimmings into biogas 
that will be converted to electricity for use on-site to run the 
facility.  The facility will cost about $9 million, but save more 
than $1 million a year in electricity and disposal costs.  With 
volatile energy costs and food prices, anaerobic digestion of 
waste represents a real solution to securing the economic (and 
environmental) future of our farms.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-onions-fuel17-2009jul17,1,6891708.story

Onions produce tears and energy at Oxnard plant
Los Angeles Times
Tiffany Hsu
July 17, 2009

Have a great weekend,
Ryan