ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., said its Lamb Weston sweet potato processing plant in Delhi, La., is the first frozen food manufacturing facility to earn a LEED Platinum certification from U.
One of Mexico's largest food processors, Mexico City-based Grupo Bimbo, said it has started building a wind farm large enough to generate 90 megawatts, enough power to supply 100 percent of the electric needs for 65 Bimbo facilities nationwide.
From harnessing wind power in Spain to reducing water usage in Georgia, General Mills, Minneapolis, detailed its progress in four environmental sustainability areas.
As more consumers take a "green" approach to purchases, food retailers are turning to their product processor-vendors for greater evidence of sustainability initiatives.
Blount Fine Foods, a processor of refrigerated and frozen soups and seafood products, said that a plant expansion underway at its Fall River, Mass., headquarters now will include a 100kW solar electric system.