BETTER BUTTER: 800-pound butter sculpture transformed into renewable energy after state fair

It's taken apart, and then for the seventh year in a row, it heads to Noblehurst Farms in Livingston County to be recycled into renewable energy - that's some powerful butter.

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Sep 7, 2022, 2:11 AM

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What happens to the New York State Fair's 800-pound butter sculpture when the event ends?

It's taken apart, and then for the seventh year in a row, it heads to Noblehurst Farms in Livingston County to be recycled into renewable energy - that's some powerful butter.

The American Dairy Association Northeast says the butter specifically can power one house for three days.

Noblehurst Farms is on a mission to reduce food waste, so everything it recycles is enough to power the farm, its creamery and about 350 homes - for a year.

This year's butter sculpture was called “Refuel Her Greatness – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX.”

It spotlighted female athletes, and how today's athletes refuel with chocolate milk.

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