Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) account for most U.S. livestock production. Their large scale keeps food costs down, but spreading all that manure as crop fertilizer creates air and water pollution problems. The industry has tried to limit these impacts, but nutrient runoff, methane and ammonia emissions, and other issues have CAFOs under scrutiny from regulatory agencies, advocacy groups, industry investors, and consumers.

Many now use digesters to capture methane to produce Renewable Natural Gas, but that makes the ammonia problem worse and they now face strong pushback for its impacts on local air and water quality. Bion’s mission is to provide solutions that largely eliminate the environmental impacts of livestock and RNG production, while improving efficiencies and increasing profits by upcycling pollutants into value added products.