Published 08-01-24
Submitted by Vanguard Renewables
Fancypants Baking Co.’s recent Instagram Reels video went viral, now having over a million views! This short clip showcased their Farm Powered® food waste recycling tubs that were filled with inedible cookie pieces and crumbles. We at Vanguard Renewables could not be prouder of our partnership with Fancypants—and are so glad their sustainability efforts are gaining recognition.
Fancypants is highly responsible with their food waste. Bits of food, such as cookie crumbles, that are deemed unsaleable, but still edible, are donated to feed the needy. However, some of their unsaleable food bits can’t be eaten, like items that may have fallen on the ground during the production process. That is where our Farm Powered process comes in, ensuring that the inedible food waste is used for the highest purpose possible.
Our Farm Powered process starts when Fancypants fills tubs with bits of unsaleable and inedible baked goods, such as the ones in their video. We collect their food waste and bring it to one of our Farm Powered anaerobic digesters, where it is mixed with food waste from other local manufacturers and dairy cow manure from our farm partners. This organic waste goes through anaerobic digestion, a process that we sequester, and which yields biogas. At our Massachusetts facilities, where Fancypants’ waste currently goes, this biogas is converted into renewable electricity. In Vermont and at our future projects, this biogas becomes renewable natural gas. Regardless, this renewable energy goes on to power equipment, homes, and businesses nearby.
Learn more about Fancypants and their deliciously sustainable cookies here.
Vanguard Renewables, based in Weston, Massachusetts, is a national leader in developing food and dairy waste-to-renewable energy projects. The Company owns and operates on-farm anaerobic digester facilities in the northeast and currently operates manure-only digesters in the south and west for Dominion Energy. The Company plans to expand to more than 150 anaerobic digestion facilities by 2026. Vanguard Renewables is committed to advancing decarbonization by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farms and food waste and supporting regenerative agriculture on partner farms through anaerobic digestion. Vanguard Renewables is a portfolio company of BlackRock Real Assets. To learn more about the Company, its energy partners, and the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, visit www.vanguardrenewables.com
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