Stemilt Growers adds solar panels to build upon sustainability program
Stemilt’s new solar panels are expected to generate enough kilowatt hours of energy to power 3.1 homes annually in Wenatchee, Wash.
Stemilt Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., is adding to its sustainability and social responsibility program, Responsible Choice, by investing in solar energy. That’s because the grower-packer-shipper installed 100 solar panels onto a new distribution center, the Fresh Cube, which set to open this summer.
“Solar panels are a great way to give back to the land that helps us grow our world famous fruit,” says Roger Pepperl, marketing director. “Preserving renewable resources is a natural progression of our Responsible Choice program, which has developed many sustainability and social responsibility ideas into initiatives since it first started back in 1989.”