Background & Purpose
The Hooley Digester Meade Plant was built to reduce field
spreading of manure and create a sustainable enterprise. However the plant was costly to run and there was no known use of the resulting pulp. This caused a huge excess of
methane-digested pulp and spurred a search to create a product from the pulp that might be economically viable.
Research History
2006-2007
Paper to reduce odor
Water absorption
2007-2008
Hypertufa pots
Bedding mastitis reduction/bacteria analysis
Potting soil additive
Nutrient analysis
2008-2009
Tested additive in pumpkin patch
Fuel pellets
Strength testing of hypertufa recipes
Garden art
Continuous fuel methane digester
Seed regeneration in pellets
Paper to reduce odor
Water absorption
2007-2008
Hypertufa pots
Bedding mastitis reduction/bacteria analysis
Potting soil additive
Nutrient analysis
2008-2009
Tested additive in pumpkin patch
Fuel pellets
Strength testing of hypertufa recipes
Garden art
Continuous fuel methane digester
Seed regeneration in pellets
2009-2010
TJHS Ambassadors begin working on hypertufa greenway
HAC creates cow sculptures, local artists Christine Harrison and Heidi Clemens
4th grade TAG preserves ripe fruit in methane pulp paper
Reseeding forests following fire with pulp-embedded seed
Commercial fuel pellets prove viable
2010-2011
Ability to filter organic chemicals including pharmaceuticals
TJHS Ambassadors begin working on hypertufa greenway
HAC creates cow sculptures, local artists Christine Harrison and Heidi Clemens
4th grade TAG preserves ripe fruit in methane pulp paper
Reseeding forests following fire with pulp-embedded seed
Commercial fuel pellets prove viable
2010-2011
Ability to filter organic chemicals including pharmaceuticals