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The BioBeast, Rose Marie Belforti’s creation motivated by her interest in finding an on-farm use for excess manure and bedding. A mixture of manure and bedding are fed into the red hopper from above and the hydraulic press compresses the mixture to form a briquette. The briquette is solar dried and burns well in a wood stove.