Manure to Energy Sustainable Solutions for the Chesapeake Bay Region 2012
- Published:
- January 1, 2012
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Commission
This report present the policy options from the 2011 Manure-to-Enrgy Summit for the Chesapeake Bay region. Thye summit emphasized the triple benefits that manure-to-energy projects can offer-producing renewable energy, sustaining profitable farms, and improving water quality-while directing attention to policy changes that can create more of these projects in the Bay region.The Manure-to-Energy summit was hosted on September 8, 2011, byt the Chesapeake Bay Commission, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Maryland Technology Development Corporation, and Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc. The Summit was made possible through generous sponsorship from the KeithCampbell Foundation for the Environment, USDA and USEPA, Chesapeake Bay Program.