As the needs and demands of the frozen food processing industry change, manufacturers need to reassess several key factors in choosing a system, including energy efficiency, the risk of ammonia in food processing areas and the desire to reduce ammonia charge.
By investing in sustainability, Tyson Foods expects to create a beneficial cycle of contributing to the future, while paying for itself in the present.
May 1, 2017
As part of Tyson Foods’ focus on sustainable food production at scale, the company has committed to expanded efforts to create a better workplace at its production facilities.
Both companies are expanding operations to include new products and product lines.
March 30, 2017
Continental Dairy Facilities, LLC and Fairlife LLC, Chicago, announced a collaborative project to add additional on-site wastewater treatment capacity at their 100-acre dairy processing plant in Coopersville, Mich.
The LCA reviewed the environmental impact of reusable plastic containers and display-ready corrugated fiber containers and non-display-ready corrugated fiber containers for packaging produce.
March 20, 2017
IFCO Systems US, Tampa, Fla., released the results of its updated report, showing IFCO’s reusable plastic containers (RPCs) deliver greater environmental savings for delivering fresh produce in North America than the use of single-use corrugated fiber containers.
Over the next five years, the cumulative U.S. solar market is expected to nearly triple in size, even as a slight dip is expected in 2017.
March 13, 2017
The U.S. solar market experienced its biggest year ever in 2016, nearly doubling its previous record and adding more electric generating capacity than any other source of energy for the first time ever, according to GTM Research, Boston, Mass., and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Washington, D.C.
For commercial temperature-controlled warehouses across the United States, going green is more than simply turning off the lights at the end of the night.
One example is a global commitment to reduce the sugar added in products by 5% by 2020.
March 7, 2017
Nestlé USA, Glendale, Calif., announced its new 2020 commitments together with three long-term ambitions, in support of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The types of investments companies made include quantifying and monitoring food loss and waste, training staff on practices to reduce waste, changing food storage and handling processes, changing packaging to extend shelf life, changing date labels and other staff and technology investments.
March 7, 2017
New research finds that for every $1 companies invested to reduce food loss and waste, they saved $14 in operating costs, providing concrete evidence of the clear return on investment from food loss and waste reduction.
Leading natural food and beverage processors launched The Climate Collaborative at this year’s Natural Products Expo West.
March 6, 2017
The Climate Collaborative is a 3-year project of OSC2, San Francisco, and the Sustainable Food Trade Association, New Castle, Va., created to catalyze bold action for climate change.
Likewise, Americans increasingly view global warming as a threat.
March 6, 2017
A nationally representative survey conducted shortly after the presidential election finds that the number of Americans “very worried” about global warming has reached a record high (19%) since first measured in 2008.