Power Knot, San Jose, Calif., developed Power Knot, the liquid food composter (LFC), designed to help companies reduce their carbon footprint and better understand and manage company resources.
While the idea of sustainability has moved past the novelty phase, the need to continue to look for meaningful ways to further reduce the constant stream of waste sent to landfills remains.
Danfoss announced plans to reduce its energy consumption by 50% and accelerate its leadership in the use of energy-saving and climate-friendly technologies in its buildings and operations worldwide by 2030.
General Mills announced a commitment to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 28% across its full value chain—from farm to fork to landfill—over the next 10 years.
Agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) make up 8.1% of total U.S. GHG emissions. Therefore, the dairy cattle farming industry is challenged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining or increasing profitability
Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., is investing $68 million in 540 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide.
French cheese processor La Compagnie des Fromages, a subsidiary of the Bongrain Group, is pursuing a policy to reduce its energy usage and CO2 emissions. That’s why it invested in a facility designed by Cofely Axima, a France-based leader in industrial refrigeration, and relies on state-of-the-art refrigeration equipment from Emerson Group, Philadelphia, Pa.
The White House released a Biogas Opportunities Roadmap highlighting the economic and environmental benefits and potential for biogas systems on dairy farms in the United States.
