Featured Member: Mike Rutzke
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Mike has been using a pellet stove to heat his house for 4 years. He is an enthusiastic innovator. He and his wife, Corey, have two children (his daughter Ellie above in Danby Fun Day float).
Barn cleanup,
Researching ash effects on field.
Second state-wide Grass Energy Meeting at TC3 in January (date not set yet) - see Biomass Energy Alliance Grass blog
The Danby Land Bank Cooperative provides an organization and an infrastructure that allows rural property owners to utilize their fields and forests for grass and wood pellet production.
It positions itself between rural landowners with fields of 7 or more acres and entrepreneurial organizations that need access to biofeedstocks. Its goal is to unify fragmented and non-farming rural landowners to form a large enough agricultural base to provide economies of scale.
Announcements:
January 21, 2012 - Annual meeting for members and any one who is interested at Danby Town Hall Saturday at 10am
April 21st 2012 - Mobile Pelletizer demo.
Dec 2011 Newsletter available on Resources page
Chicken Tractor project - mini-grant from Sustainable Tompkins. Plans available
