Vermont Creamery: Turning Food Scraps Into Energy
Vanguard Renewables Announces partnership with Vermont Creamery to turn food wasted into renewable natural gas.
Sarah Jordan, Farmy Girl
At a young age it was cool to be the farm girl, everyone wanted to be friends with me and I was soon known throughout second grade as the farm girl. However, my classmates had no idea what it meant to live on a farm. They loved the animals, but they had no idea the amount of work it takes to run a successful farm.
Foodtank: Our Healing Begins in the Soil
Our food and agriculture systems are fundamentally broken. It’s no exaggeration to say that the warming planet, social inequities, and health epidemics bear this out. However, there’s real hope. We can heal ourselves, our communities, and our planet when we begin to participate once again in the creation of healthier food systems.
Anaerobic Digestion 101: How Vanguard Renewables takes Organic Waste and Makes Renewable Natural Gas
Vanguard Renewables’ Farm Powered process includes engineers, scientists, and a team of logistics experts to get inedible food and beverage waste to our recycling facilities or to our digesters. Not to mention our farm partners whose dairy cows are producing the manure that gets mixed with inedible food and beverage waste to make the magic happen.
Catch Vanguard Renewables Chief Sustainability Officer, David Darr, on the latest episode of The Dairy Download podcast
On the latest episode of The Dairy Download, we speak with two experts with decades of experience helping producers and processors advance their sustainability measures.
Can Biodigesters Save America’s Small Dairy Farms?
The sustainable technology presents an opportunity to turn cow manure and food waste into renewable energy and added income. But biodigesters are not always easy to operate, and they can be costly to replace.
Where There’s Beer, There’s Hope
Breweries are thinking more and more about what they can do to make a change to be sustainable, reduce their CO2 emissions, and dispose of their spent waste in a way that is good for the environment and keeps that waste out of our landfills and waterways.
Dairy Farmers: How dairy farmers are making milk and cheese more sustainable
Sustainability has become a priority for brands around the globe, especially for those that understand the value of creating a positive social and environmental impact. Meanwhile, consumers are becoming more selective of the companies they support — intentionally buying from those that are ethical and transparent about their business practices.
Celebrating the Women Who Keep Our Family Farms Running
We sat down with Denise Barstow Manz, a seventh-generation family member who helps run Barstow’s Dairy Store and Bakery, to talk about women's role on their family farm.
Conquering the Grass Ceiling: Female Farmers Feeding America and the World
According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, women are the face of farming globally. Yet in the United States, according to The Female Farmer Project, women operate only 14 percent of farms and control 7 percent of farmland.
Starbucks Innovates, Tests and Learns from Store Partners to Achieve Waste Goals
Starbucks invests ahead of the growth curve and innovate by testing new technologies that help us learn how to create the best possible experiences for our partners and customers. This work is being done through collaborative partnerships like our support of the Dairy Net Zero Initiative, Closed Loop Partners and TONZ and the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance.
The Woman Who Revolutionized Dairy Farming
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it is vital to tell the untold and forgotten stories of women who were innovators and leaders, especially of those women who made radical contributions during a time when their perceived role was to be seen and not heard.
Food Labels & What They Mean: A Conversation with Danielle Nierenberg
Danielle Nierenberg from Food Tank, the first NGO to join the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, recently joined the Edible Communities Podcast to talk about all things food labels
Webinar – Beyond Net Zero: How Nestle, Dole Sunshine, Unilever, and VR are Boosting Sustainability Impacts
Most companies have sustainability goals today; many have committed to Science Based Targets or a "net zero" carbon impact. Attend this panel to learn how Nestle, Dole Sunshine Company, Unilever, and Vanguard Renewables are doing even more for the health of our planet
Sustainable Brands: No Matter the Industry, We All Have a Role to Play in Fighting Hunger
So, why is the founder of a renewable energy company writing about food insecurity? Food insecurity is circular, where those that face food insecurity also face poverty; and that cycle, for many, never ends. If we don’t help our neighbors break that cycle now, we could lose a whole generation of Americans.
Who Says Farm Living Can’t Be Luxurious?
LUXlife Magazine, an international online magazine highlighting luxury brands, has awarded Vanguard Renewables the Best Dairy Sustainability and Circular Solution Award in their annual Food and Drink Awards edition.
Welcome David Darr: Vanguard Renewables New Chief Sustainability Officer
A conversation with David Darr, Chief Sustainability Officer at Vanguard Renewables, where he shares his background and how he plans to shape his role.
Video Tour of Farm Powered Anaerobic Digester
Billy Connelly, Vanguard Renewables' Vermont Organics Market Manager, takes us through a tour of the Farm Powered Anaerobic Digester at the Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury, Vermont.
Vanguard Renewables is proud to have both veterans and active members of the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force on our team
Vanguard Renewables supports and celebrates our military veterans
Vanguard named one of 2021 Top 10 Waste Management Solutions Providers by Food & Beverage Technology Review magazine
Food & Beverage Technology Review magazine recognized Vanguard Renewables in their waste management special issue as one of the 2021 Top 10 Waste Management Solutions Providers.
Enbridge Makes $100M Investment in Vanguard for RNG ‘Virtuous Circle’
Canadian midstream giant Enbridge Inc. is investing up to $100 million in the U.S. renewable natural gas (RNG) sector as part of its strategy to lower its carbon footprint.
Vanguard Renewables Honors Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15, and Vanguard Renewables is honored to help spread the word. About 36% of farms led by Hispanic producers are cattle farms or dairies.
Depackaging: A Sustainable Business Practice for Dealing with Food Waste
Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time and one that directly impacts people, planet, and profit. That being said, the average person may not realize how the food they throw away can have a negative impact on climate change.
Vermont farm raises a crop of energy and teaches us a lesson
The anaerobic digester at Goodrich Family Farm turns cow manure and food waste into carbon-negative, renewable natural gas
Webinar: How Companies and Consumers Are Catalyzing A More Regenerative Food System
View this webinar moderated by Morgan Collins, Head of Sustainable Finance at Starbucks, to get an inside look at how food industry leaders Chobani, PepsiCo, and renewable energy producer Vanguard Renewables work with farmers to expand regenerative agriculture practices and incorporate these strategies in customer communications to build loyalty that impacts the bottom line.