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Cow Power! CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (center)\u00a0 participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday for a new dairy digester project at Lakeview Dairy in Bakersfield. Created in partnership with California Bio Energy and CDFA’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program<\/strong><\/a>, this digester uses cutting-edge technology to break down manure and create renewable energy while reducing green house gas emissions. In fact, this project will create enough energy to power one-thousand California homes! 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