Photo credit: James Robinson | Arla Foods Renewable natural gas The milk trucks are powered by manure from some of the same cows producing the milk. The trucks are powered by biogas derived, in part, from manure produced by the same cows that gave the milk. and European-based dairy cooperative with more than 9,000 dairy farm members - then invested in two biogas-converted milk delivery trucks that collect milk from the participating farms. The farms then truck that manure to a nearby anaerobic waste digester that captures the methane produced from manure (and other locally-derived waste products) and converts it into climate-friendly renewable gas.Īrla Foods - a U.K. To implement the poo-powered truck concept, the farmers are collecting manure slurry from two neighboring dairy farms in Buckinghamshire, a county northwest of London. “Horse power is yesterday, cow power is the future,” jokes Graham Wilkinson, Arla Foods’ Global Senior Director, in an interview with the Daily Churn. The three-month trial project spearheaded by dairy cooperative Arla Foods demonstrates how smaller dairy farms can work collaboratively to manage their manure, generate renewable energy and reduce their carbon emissions. is turning cow manure from their own farms into biogas that fuels two of their milk delivery trucks.
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