Millions of gallons of feces, liquified hogs and old meat illegally discharged from a lagoon. Levels of ammonia in the groundwater at more than 17 times legal limits.These are just three of the 15 environmental violations amassed this year by White Oak Farms in Fremont.
The anaerobic digester being built on a family farm will turn 100 tons of manure and 180 tons of food scraps to produce natural gas for Middlebury College and Vermont Gas.
