Retail and consumer trends leader J’Amy Owens and fourth-generation rancher Derek Kampfe formed the American Sustainability Project, a Bozeman, Mont.-based coalition of preeminent thought leaders, food reformers, meat activists, financiers, retailers and ranchers joined together to support food-forward agriculture by sourcing, producing and delivering the world's healthiest and most progressively raised foods.
One year after breaking ground in Ostróda, Poland, OSI Food Solutions, an OSI Group company, celebrated the opening of its new state-of-the-art beef processing facility.
Perishable Distributors of Iowa (PDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hy-Vee, completed a major sustainability project at their Ankeny, Iowa, distribution warehouse.
Innovation, collaboration and technology are key to breakthroughs, but barriers still remain, according to a study conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit, New York.
Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, and TEVA Energy, LLC, Orlando, Fla., commissioned what is said to be the largest solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, Calif.
Mondelez International, Deerfield, Ill., announced initiatives to redesign its supply chain, which over the next three years, will bring in about $3 billion in gross productivity savings, $1.5 billion in net productivity and $1 billion in incremental cash.
To better serve its customers and meet their needs for beef production, Cargill, Minneapolis, is investing $48 million in a new automated order distribution system for its Dodge City, Kan., processing facility.
Standard-Knapp, Portland, Conn., debuted Versatron Case Packer with lowering head module, ideal for gentle, positive handling of product and partitionless packing of products made with glass, aluminum, PET, or other materials. Partitionless packaging allows for the use of less material in packing, in the move towards sustainability.