Green Acres was the place to be yesterday. That’s the name of the Novus International research farm near Montgomery City, MO. Our media group piled into a van piloted by Captain Jeremy Lutgen and off we went to see how the project is coming along.

Novus purchased the 15 acre farm and has been constructing new buildings while renovating existing one. Pictured on the left is Skip Hampton, Novus Manager, Product Research. He told us all about their plans and says they hope to have the initial construction finished by the end of this month. He says they’ll have a multi-functional facility that will allow for research on swine, poultry, ruminants and equine. Their headquarters building is Leed certified and the home on the site for the on-site manager will also be Leed certified. The whole farm will have sustainability in mind and in my interview you’ll hear Skip describe how they’ll utilize water resources and energy. He says they may be looking at a combination of a wind turbine with solar panels.

Novus International Media Day Photo Album

You can listen to my interview with Skip here: