The investment will go toward upgrades to the steam boiler system of the creamery manufacturing facility.
March 1, 2019
Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby, Wis., received a $23,000 Focus-On-Energy grant for upgrades to the steam boiler system of its creamery manufacturing facility.
The system will be able to self-produce more than 75% of its own energy, thus reducing the plant's dependence on the local power grid.
February 27, 2019
Bonduelle Fresh Americas, formerly Ready Pac Foods, installed an energy-efficient cogeneration system at the company's Irwindale, Calif., headquarters production plant.
This program enables and encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt and sustain conservation management practices to improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve related water quality and reduce water use.
February 26, 2019
Ten private-sector companies and non-profit organizations announced their intent to form the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) to promote land stewardship to build healthy soils, soil carbon sequestration and water conservation on the globe’s working lands.
Grain production is the first step in the vertically integrated company’s supply chain, making this accomplishment one of the key ways Smithfield is working toward its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2025 throughout its entire supply chain.
February 25, 2019
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., engaged 80% of its grain supply chain, which is used to feed the company’s hogs, in farming practices that are both sustainable and reduce the cost of production for grain farmers.
Trident will retrofit or retire 23 refrigeration appliances used on 14 marine vessels to use an alternative refrigerant that does not harm the ozone layer.
February 21, 2019
Trident Seafoods Corp., Seattle, Wash., announced plans to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment on its vessels.
This technology-plus-human process allows Global RIFF to discover, select and invest in companies with the most potential to develop into full-fledged brands.
February 20, 2019
Global RIFF (Revolution in Food Fund), San Francisco, is a new breed of FoodTech venture capital fund looking to transform an unsustainable and unhealthy food system.
A comparison of the greenhouse gases produced by lab-grown and farm-raised beef in the current energy system suggests that the benefits of reducing methane could be outweighed by increased CO2.
February 19, 2019
Over the long term, cultured meat production methods requiring large energy inputs could increase global warming more than some types of cattle farming if energy systems remain dependent on fossil fuels, according to what is said to be a first-of-its-kind study from the LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) program at the Oxford Martin School, UK.