Academic Venture Fund Supplemental Grants
Recycling Poultry Litter for Fertile Fields
AVF project: As the world’s largest producer of poultry meat, the U.S. poultry industry generates approximately 55 million dry tons of poultry litter every year, resulting in expensive disposal costs and a large environmental footprint. This project seeks to achieve long-term food security by transforming nutrient-rich poultry waste into economically viable fertilizers. The team will couple innovative technology development with energy-environmental-economic systems analysis. The researchers’ partnerships with key stakeholders in the poultry industry and support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will maximize the impacts of the project.
The supplemental grant funds two undergraduate students who will serve as liaisons between the Cornell-based researchers and the industrial and governmental collaborators, including Frye Poultry, Kreher’s Farm Fresh Eggs, Tyson Food and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These undergraduate students will help collect and analyze data and share research findings with community partners and other stakeholders.
Topics: Energy, Environment and Sustainability; Food and Agriculture
The Team
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Fengqi You, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
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Johannes Lehmann, School of Integrative Plant Science - Soil and Crop Sciences Section
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Xin Gen Lei, Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Jeff Tester, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
- Community partner: Kreher’s Farm Fresh Eggs
- Community partner: Frye Poultry
- Community partner: Tyson Foods
- Community partner: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Academic Venture Fund Supplemental Grants
Supporting undergraduate participation in cutting-edge, community-engaged projects funded by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability