{"id":1116,"date":"2017-07-12T21:55:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T01:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:34:39","slug":"milburn-orchards-is-a-shining-example-of-energy-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/07\/12\/milburn-orchards-is-a-shining-example-of-energy-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Milburn Orchards is a Shining Example of Energy Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1114\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-1-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-1-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-1.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Family owned and operated for 115 years, Milburn Orchards used their 2016 Kathleen A. P. Mathias Agriculture Program grant award to assist with the installation of a Solar PV system and LED lighting upgrades that will save an estimated $21,460.55 a year and keep 168,428.21 kWh off of the grid. For Melinda Milburn Palmeri and her daughter Olivia, this means &#8220;helping our family farm save money and energy while making a positive difference for future generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our energy grants designed specifically designed for Maryland farmers, visit us <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/business\/Pages\/incentives\/mathiasag.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>. In 2017, our Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture grant celebrated five years with the largest grant total to date, $10 million dollars. To see a full list of this year&#8217;s awardees, click <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/06\/27\/kathleen-a-p-mathias-agriculture-energy-efficiency-program-celebrates-five-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Milburn Orchards, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milburnorchards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and plan your visit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1117\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-2-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/milburn-2.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did we mention Milburn Orchards has goats?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/Lilly-the-Milburn-Goat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1121\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/Lilly-the-Milburn-Goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/Lilly-the-Milburn-Goat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/07\/Lilly-the-Milburn-Goat.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can met Lily and other goats when you visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Family owned and operated for 115 years, Milburn Orchards used their 2016 Kathleen A. P. Mathias Agriculture Program grant award to assist with the installation of a Solar PV system and LED lighting upgrades that will save an estimated $21,460.55 a year and keep 168,428.21 kWh off of the grid.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/07\/12\/milburn-orchards-is-a-shining-example-of-energy-efficiency\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,26],"tags":[187],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-newsletters","tag-commercial-industrial-agricultural-grant"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1124,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}