Success stories

• Harts Nursery
  Reducing a six-figure energy bill for the month of March alone took some creative thinking, but Doug Hart did it by installing a variety of energy efficiency measures.
  
  
• Saving energy, money and the aquifier
  Kent Searle did some simple math and began saving about $25,000 annually while at the same time saving the aquifer.
  
  
• Crook County Ranch
  Mike McKinnon’s solar watering project benefits livestock, wildlife, and rangeland health.
  
  
• Camelina
  Bruce Wright could be starting a new gold rush in Montana by growing camelina for fuel.
  
  
• Rickreall Dairy
  Not only does Louie Kazemier’s dairy have the third highest milk producing herd in the nation, but also one of the most energy efficient operations. “I’m looking forward to saying that we use energy efficiently and have a low carbon footprint as well.”
  
  
• Stemilt Growers
  Recently named Washington’s “Greenest” Agricultural Company by Washington CEO Magazine, Stemilt Growers is always looking for new ways to maintain their sustainable business efforts.
  
  
• Grass straw gasifier ready to go at last
  It’s been a long time coming, but around Thanksgiving Larry Gady’s farm will begin generating electricity from straw.
  
  
• Oh where, oh where has all the manure gone?
  Whiteside Dairy near Rupert and Westpoint Dairy near Wendell are getting rid of over 200,000 gallons of cow manure a day and making money and energy.