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Van Wingerden greenhouse: how cow manure helps grow 50,000 hanging baskets

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]5/21/2018[/vc_column_text][vc_separator_pr][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]We noticed in this advertising for Coastal farm stores an interesting little tidbit about dairy farming.

This innovative greenhouse located in Blaine, Washington (near a number of dairy farms in the far northwest corner of Washington state and Whatcom County) uses output from a dairy methane digester to heat the greenhouse and grow lots of beautiful plants.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/FnQgIg9Yg4g”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Here’s what the Van Wingerden message said:

Keeping Greenhouses Warm
​Of course, plants need heat to grow. To ensure growth year-round, Van Wingerden teamed up with a local manure digester to utilize the heat the power plant creates.
“We pump the heat through our water lines,” Tom said. “It’s a wonderfully sustainable solution.”
Other cool technologies the Van Wingerden Greenhouses have implemented include the hanging basket carrousel that takes the hanging baskets you find at Coastal along a conveyer that takes plants along a path of watering, fertilization, and shipping. In addition, an automatic transplanter takes seedlings out of large trays and packs them into individual pots in mere seconds.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]