After 13 days on display at the New York State Fair, the 57th Annual Butter Sculpture is off to be recycled at a Western New York dairy farm. American Dairy Association North East, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and Noblehurst Farms, dismantled the 800-pound sculpture at the New York State Fairgrounds. The butter, supplied by O-AT-KA Milk Products in Batavia, N.Y., and unsuitable for sale or consumption for a variety of reasons, will return to Western New York — less than 15 miles from its origin—for recycling. Noblehurst Farms in Pavilion, N.Y., (Livingston County) will combine the butter with other food waste from local grocery stores, cafeterias and manufacturers, along with manure, and process it in the farm’s digester, converting it into energy. The digester breaks down the material and creates enough electricity to power the farm, the farm’s on-site creamery and more than 600 homes for a year.
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