Food firms set to benefit from biogas boom

Food processors can reduce costs and benefit the environment by using their waste to fuel biogas production, according to Ontario-based StormFisher Biogas.Ryan Little, vice president of business development, explained to FoodProductionDaily.com that the partnership agreements StormFisher makes with the processing companies benefit the companies as well as the environment.

"Food processors typically send their by-products to landfills or compost sites. Since we are able to extract more value from these by-products by using the energy they create, we are able to charge a lower disposal fee than landfill and compost sites".