Cow Power

Initiated in large part by our energy company in Vermont - CVPS - Cow Power is taking its place at the forefront on new alternative energies.

Featured in YouTube videos the manure/methane to electricity/propane conversion is now and early-stage reality, with an economic reality.

Although presently the economy of scale is for an 800-head dairy or larger, that efficiency should improve as the science continues to develop.

Subsidies aside, Cow Power is a new, rural emerging energy technology...

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FREE: FOOD INC, Reading, Vermont

A free showing of "FOOD, INC - The Movie" will air at the Reading Public Library on January 23, 2010, 6:30-8pm, sponsored by our neighbors, the Springfield Food Co-op.

Following the show will be a presentation of Reading's progressive Farm-to-School program.

If you have not yet seen this film, you owe it to yourself to take this free opportunity to learn more about food security, nutrition and the American corporate take-over and destruction of your health.

In a related story, hunger is on the rise in the USA - and particularly in Vermont, which now rates as the 6th hugriest state in the nation. According to the USDA's Food Security Report, 1 in 8 Vermont households are now considered "food insecure," skipping meals and malnurished.

If you or someone you know is in need of food assistance, please contact 3SquaresVT, or the Reading Food Shelf on Tyson Road, Reading, VT.