Sustaining the
future of food and
feed production
through education
and research.
RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE:
;e National Research
Council’s (NRC) Nutrient
Requirement publications for
swine and beef
Salmonella in Feed Research
Coalition
;e Council on Food,
Agricultural and Resource
Economics (C-FARE)
study on “How will we feed
livestock as agriculture evolves
in the 21st century.”
United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization
(FAO) Life Cycle Assessment
of Feed Ingredients project
• Quantify Carbon
Footprint
• Greenhouse Gas
Emission Database
• Measure Environmental
Impact
Expandable system: There are eight MBR cassettes (one shown here) in the Cold Spring
facility. Wastewater is vacuumed through the membrane’s . 4 micron openings.
Clean and odorless facility: The submerged membrane bioreactor at the Cold Spring,
Minn., facility is equipped for a maximum wastewater flow of 1. 7 million gallons per day.
Consider giving back to the industry with a pledge to support IFEEDER’s mission to sustain the future of ood and feed production through education and research. For more information, contact us at: WWW.IFEEDER.ORG ifeeder@ifeeder.org (703) 650-0142
The Cold Spring system,
which incorporates 1,012,000
fibers, has four tanks or trains,
with two fiber cassettes per train,
or eight cassettes total. The system can be readily expanded by
installing additional cassettes.
Environmental values at GNP
Company
To be sure, the EPA and
Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency have stringent limits
on nutrients discharged into the
Sauk River, but GNP Company’s
