Sustainable Solutions for Cold Foods

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ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., announced a five-year plan to reduce packaging, water, greenhouse gases and solid waste.

Breakthrough technology eliminates product waste, creates clean energy for Gill’s Onions LLC.

Keystone Foods’ KeySTAR program puts spotlight on plant-level sustainability.

Processors, warehouses must retrofit valves in older ammonia refrigeration systems not up to code.

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Bentonville, Ark., said it plans to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.

Richmond Cold Storage  Company (RCS) said energy cuts helped the Richmond, Va.-based company reduce its carbon footprint by as much as 9 percent during 2009.

ConAgra Foods said its Lamb Weston foodservice potato and appetizer business will build a "state-of-the-art environmentally friendly" food plant near Delhi, La., to process frozen sweet potato fries.

New technology helps Amy’s Kitchen keep processing, reduce peak energy use by 44 percent.

North America's fourth largest potato processor Cavendish Farms last week opened a $17 million bio-gas facility in New Annan, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

There’s no debating that refrigeration system controls can help reduce energy costs at private and public refrigerated warehouses.