http://michiganradio.org en http://michiganradio.org/post/fremont-digester-turning-food-scraps-electricity-fertilizer-and-compost <p>A small farming community in West Michigan is celebrating the opening of plant that will turn organic waste into electricity.</p><p>Colonies of specialized bacteria will do the bulk of the work.</p><p>“The little fellows are just hungry as heck,” said Anand Gangadharan, president of Novi Energy. The company designed and will help manage the new Fremont Community Digester. They held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the digester’s opening Tuesday.</p> Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:09:56 +0000 Lindsey Smith 9451 at http://michiganradio.org Fremont digester turning food scraps into electricity, fertilizer and compost