If you ever watched the Fox television show “Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?” you will know that a fifth grader is pretty smart these days. Further evidence of this is an article today in the Raleigh News & Observer about a fifth grader from Pinehurst, NC. Apparently fifth grader Nick Kuzma entered his
Posted by Terry Walmsley on June 3, 2010 in North Carolina
Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin Riverkeeper, is currently on a month-long paddling trip down the Yadkin River to raise awareness about the importance of this waterway. On day seven of his trip, Dean highlighted one of his major concerns about pollution and the Yadkin River – the abundance of chicken poop that “just runs off into
Posted by Terry Walmsley on April 22, 2010 in North Carolina
When we are in local communities, explaining the Fibrowatt solution, people generally feel that a plant would be a benefit for their agricultural area. They comment on odor, poultry litter stockpiles and the high concentration of poultry operations, and are supportive of a solution that would offer another option to the land application of poultry
Posted by Terry Walmsley on April 8, 2010 in General
Fibrowatt’s approach to “Power from Poultry Litter” is to develop a project properly sized to meet the need of the poultry industry in a particular poultry-growing region. To provide this alternative litter management solution, we also must be mindful of economic criteria – therefore a plant is sized according to somewhat opposing factors.
Posted by Terry Walmsley on March 22, 2010 in Q-and-A
