My project is a research study on the feasibility of psychrotrophic inoculation in small scale biodigesters. I chose to do my research because the innovation of renewable energy, and specifically biodigesters, is a community oriented sustainability goal for the betterment of the planet. Conducting this research aligns with my aspirations and values as an environmental scientist. Biodigestion is a renewable energy technology that repurposes methane gas through the anaerobic digestion of food and animal waste. Biogas is used to heat cooking stoves, and greenhouses (Traub, 2021). The digestate, a waste product from biodigesters, also acts as an environmentally friendly, long lasting fertilizer. In my time studying these systems alongside Dr. Hunter, NBI, and farmers, I’ve learned that biodigesters do not work in cold weather. The bacteria, mesophiles, produce gas optimally between 95 and 97 degrees fahrenheit (Muvhiiwa, 2017). My project’s goal is to see if adding psychrotrophs, a cold tolerant bacteria found in seasonal climates, expands the range of gas productivity into the 60 to 75 degree range (Akindolore, 2022). The idea is not only to expand the gas production range, but to make it easier for heating efforts, solar air, solar water, and insulation to be easier to implement in the winters, because bringing a system up to 65 degrees is much easier than bringing a system up to 95 degrees (Ahamed 2021; Andrews 2023; Darwesh 2021).