Background Mooteric LLC,
Mooteric is a leading developer of natural dairy feed additives that reduce enteric (burped) methane from dairy cows and beef cattle. We have several seaweeds and other material additives in feed testing on dairy cows in California under real commercial feeding scenarios with methane sensors documenting the performance of each.
Importance and Market Need
California is the leading producer of dairy in the United States. Dairy is the largest most valuable agricultural product produced in the State. Thousands of family owned dairies, millions of cows and tens of millions of consumers enjoy California Dairy. Dairy per capital consumption continues to increase. Low carbon dairy production is essential to feeding the planet while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Ruminant animals, like the dairy cow, convert waste materials (straw, misshapen potatoes, carrot tops, almond hulls, distillers grains etc.) into valuable wholesome protein. Sadly, these remarkable animals, while recycling waste to food, burp methane as part of their process of breaking down indigestible cellulose into digestible sugars. Fortunately, this waste methane can be prevented when certain seaweeds and other additives are blended in small quantities into the normal diet of these animals. California has challenged its dairy industry to reduce its methane emissions by 40% by 2030 and FDA approved feed supplements are essential to achieve this goal. Mooteric has several great feed additive candidates in testing, some that reduce enteric methane emissions by 90%!
Job Opportunity
In order to verify that a particular dairy customer is reducing its enteric methane emissions while using our feed additives we will be deploying telemetry, small, remotely powered, internet connected, cloud supported, methane sensors throughout a dairy customer's herd housing and milk parlors. The sensors will report detected methane levels thus confirming lower ambient methane consistent with the proper dosing and feeding of the prescribed feed supplements. The software collecting the data would assist in providing verification of a dairy’s reduced methane emissions (MT CO2e) as supporting evidence for the creation of salable carbon credits (e.g. through protocols such as defined by Verra: VM0041 Methodology for the Reduction of Enteric Methane Emissions from Ruminants through the Use of Feed Ingredients, v2.0 - Verra). The sale of carbon credits would help subsidize the cost of the feed additives and provide an incentive for dairy farmers to participate in the program. All reputable carbon offsetting programs require high integrity and proof of performance.
We Seek Help
A talented environmental engineer, computer scientist, environmental project manager (or a group of such talent), or a professor seeking an interesting project for a group of smart climate interested students, that can help Mooteric develop and build out a hosted ASP platform with software collecting remote telemetry data from various sensors under development that are deployed at our field trials and organize it by dairy customer, present it in readable usable format and work with Mooteric to turn it into an effective verification platform. A big part of the project will revolve around sourcing and testing low cost, affordable, reliable, methane sensors, operating at the part per million level, and evaluating their performance in rugged field conditions.
Next Steps
We seek expressions of interest and resumes from anyone interested in working with us. We will arrange an interview and see if there is a way to work together. Please respond with a resume, your background, why you would like to work with us on this project and how you could contribute.
Thanks for your interest in Mooteric.
John Gibbons, CEO
jgibbons@mooteric.com
508-410-2922
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