The air- and water-quality issues associated with animal waste are significant, and to date, few proposals to develop farm generation have been advanced in Vermont. These are some of the benefits Cow Power farms can experience:

l Anaerobic treatment of waste significantly reduces odor and certain water-quality impacts.

l Farm methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than CO₂, is otherwise released into the atmosphere.

l Anaerobic generation should raise fewer aesthetic concerns from neighbors than other renewable options. These generators integrate well into farm landscapes.

l Farm generation provides a significant revenue stream, improving dairy economics and diversification, while helping to conserve a working landscape.

l The development of farm generators provides renewable power, possibly reducing fossil generation elsewhere, while increasing reliance on homegrown energy production.