Montchevre grand opening for anaerobic digester

BELMONT, WISCONSIN - Montchevre Betin, award winning goat cheese producers hosted a grand opening celebration for a new anaerobic digester on October 8, 2010.

The digester utilizes the waste stream from its 100,000 s.f. Belmont, WI cheese plant to make bio-gas, which is then burned to generate electricity.  Alliant Energy is purchasing all of the power from the digester, which is enough to power 200 homes.  The digester was designed by Eric Fessler, P.E., of Procorp Enterprises, LLC in Milwaukee, WI.

In addition to many dignitaries from Wisconsin, Washington Economic Development Group director, Ed Raber, and board director Tom Davey of US Bank, were on hand to congratulate Montchevre on their accomplishment.

Established in 1988, Montchevre has many Amish goat milk producers in Southeast Iowa and Northern Missouri which they serve with several milk routes. In 2009, Montchevre opened a milk transfer station in Washington, Iowa to support its Wisconsin operation. We hope that Montchevre will further expand into cheese production, including a digester, in Washington in the future.

Their cheese is really great!  Montchevre recently won two gold medals in the 2010 Wold Championship Cheese Contest.