Sunflowers in full bloom stand in a field owned by John Williamson August 7, 2012 on his family run 200-acre farm in North Bennington, Vermont. Williamson's father sold off their dairy cattle and now run the farm as a pilot project for oil seeds to sustainably produce biodiesel. Williamson had over 40-acres of his fields planted with sunflowers. He also experiments with sorghum, flaxseed, canola, mustard and saffron. He grows conventional crops like oats for sale as animal feed. Williamson's project has received grants from the University of Vermont for machinery for distilling biodiesel.
John Williamson stands in a field of sunflowers August 7, 2012 on his third-generation 200-acre farm in North Bennington, Vermont. Williamson sold off the dairy cattle and he now runs the farm as a pilot project for oil seeds to produce biodiesel in a sustainable manner. Williamson has over 40-acres of his fields planted with sunflowers. He also experiments with sorghum, flaxseed, canola, mustard and saffron. He grows conventional crops like oats on a rotational basis for sale as animal feed. Williamson's project has received grants for machinery for distilling ethanol and biodiesel from the University of Vermont which he offers to farmers and to those farms which have contributed seeds to his seed oil crusher. The by-product of each process also has value as a food source as animal feed stock.
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Keywords: acreage, agriculture, bio, crops, environment, farm, farming, fuel, grain, growing, harvest, hay, nature, oats, oil, organic, pesticides, rotation, season, seed, vermont, yield
