Transforming dairy farms into climate solutions by reducing methane and regenerating soil

What if cow manure could help decarbonize the food supply chain? By pairing Windfall Bio‘s methane-eating microbes with Whole Foods Market’s network of farms, methane emissions are transformed into nutrient-rich fertilizer — closing the loop on waste while reducing one of agriculture’s most potent greenhouse gases.

Whole Foods Market launched two on-farm pilots with Windfall Bio’s methane reduction technology (methane is a potent greenhouse gas, up to 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide) at Whole Foods Market suppliers, Darigold and Straus Family Creamery. During the pilots, cow manure is collected and placed into a lagoon, and the emitted gas is redirected through an aerated compost pile, where Windfall’s methane-eating microbes consume the methane and trap nitrogen, producing organic fertilizer that can be reused on-farm.

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Read the Whole Foods 2024 Impact Report with a Straus Family Creamery feature on page 35.