Dl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,1980
Knouse Food Co-op
for waste recycling
PEACH GLEN - The Pen
nsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources
last Friday praised Knouse
Food Cooperative, Inc.,
Peach Glen, Adams County,
for its resourcefulness and
ingenuity in developing a
system of converting apple
pomace into useable energy.
Adams County Commis
sioners were in turn com
mended for recognizing the
need for such a project m
meeting today’s energy
demands and in resolving a
serious county waste
disposal problem.
These tributes were given
by William B. Middendorf,
DER deputy secretary for
enviommental protection, as
he signed an agreement
authorizing a $300,000 grant
Schuylkill farm estate
planning meeting
scheduled
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN -
The Schuylkill County Ex
tension Service will be
conducting a meeting en
titled, “Estate Planning For
Farm Families.”
According to County
Agent, Allan Shoener, the
meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, March 19, 1980
at the Conference Center of
the Penn State Schuylkill
Campus. This will be an all
day meeting beginning at
9:30 a.m. and adjourning at
3:30 p.m.
Program speakers for the
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PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
EASTERN DIVISION TIPTON INDIANA
to Adams County Commis
sioners to help fimd the pro
ject.
Speaking for DER
Secretary Clifford L. Jones,
Middendorf called the pro
posal “a perfect example of
bow industrial research and
‘know-how’ can join with
government efforts to help
solve environmental pro
blems.
“If this system works, it
could be adopted by other
food processors to help
alleviate a serious waste
disposal process while also
cutting fossil fuel use,” Mid
dendorf said.
“The public knows about
the energy crunch but pro
bably does not realize that
the management of wet food
processing wastes, such as
session include Attorney
Lanny G. Felty, Pine Grove;
James Flannery, Trust
Officer of the American
Bank, Pottsville; and
Frederick Hughes,
Professor, Farm
Management Extension,
Penn State University.
Further information is
available and reservations
can be made by contacting
the Schuylkill County Ex
tension Service, P.O. Box
250, Schuylkill Haven, PA
17972 or by phoning (717) 385-
3431.
ALFALFA SEED
apple pomace, long have
been recognized by the in
dustry and government
agencies, including DER, as
a problem.
“Suchwaste cannot readi
ly be incorporated in large
quantities into a landfill
because of its high moisture
content and its tendency to
ferment and preserve itself
by pickling.”
He said landfill equipment
becomes mired down in
landfills receiving large
quantities of fruit pomace
and that application of such
wastes to agricultural lands
is limited both by season and
by distance of fields from
points of waste generation.
The $300,000 DER Solid
Waste Resources Recovery
Act demonstration grant to
the Adams County Commis
sioners, as the responsible
municipal agency, will be us
ed by Knouse Food towards
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cited
idea
a $2 million energy-recovery
system at its Ortanna food
processing plant.
The money will go towards
the pomace-drying phase,
the second stage of the three
step pilot which the firm
hopes will cut its fossil fuel
use at the plant by up to 90
percent
Middendorf commended
the company for spending
$750,000 of its own money for
the project’s initial stage
and for contributing more
then 65 per cent of the
$BBO,OOO estimated phase tw )
costs. Phase three is hoped
to qualify for federal aid.
The technology gained can
be applied by other apple
processors in the state in the
development of food waste to
energy projects and can be
instrumental in reducing the
need to use valuable
agriculture land for land
disposal sites.
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