Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson (w/ hat in photos) hosted numerous media 
outlets and about a hundred guests Tuesday at a bioenergy test project in Ocala. This process helps manage animal wastes while also producing energy and agricultural by-products. Sigarca, Inc.’s experiemental Bioenergy Plant is set up at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala, FL, where it processes horse manure into renewable energy, organic soil and bio-fertilizers. The 
small test project was set up with funding help from Bronson’s Farm to Fuel grant program, an initiative that was created in 2006 to encourage development of energy alternatives involving agriculture. The patented dry fermentation process was developed by Dr. Jose Sifontes (upper photo left at podium), leading a team of experts working on the project. Hear comments from Commissioner Bronson, and some reaction to the project from Florida Farm Bureau’s Assistant Director of Ag Policy, Andrew Walmsley,(photo right) who was also among the crowd at Tuesday’s demonstration.
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