Farmers find that energy efficiency pays off by saving money, protecting environment
There was a time when farm life was impossible without a big, beefy truck. Carting bales of hay and hauling equipment took a burly gas-guzzler.
At Otter River Farm, David Smith’s utility vehicle uses no gas at all. Zipping around his dairy in Winchendon, home to Smith’s Country Cheese, on a zero-emissions golf cart, Smith is blazing a path for greener and cleaner times in agriculture. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2011/08/22/on_energy_efficient_farms_greener_cheese_and_other_crops/
Article courtesy of The Boston Globe-Green Blog by kathleen Pierce Globe Correspondent
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