When James Jutras gets together with dairy farmer Lorenzo Whitcomb, it’s a lot like a team meeting. The two have worked closely for much of the past two decades.Whitcomb uses biosolids from the Essex Junction (Vermont) Water Resource Recovery Facility to help fertilize the corn he grows on his family’s farm to help feed nearly 300 dairy cows. Jutras is water quality superintendent for Essex Junction.It’s definitely a win-win relationship. Whitcomb receives a high-quality soil amendment that helps him boost yields and sustain the soil’s organic matter content. Essex Junction benefits by having a single customer, almost next door. On
