Sustainable Solutions for Cold Foods

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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.

It was like going to the doctor and then hearing something that you really don’t want hear.

Yet this spring found a different type of doctor addressing leaders at the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses’ annual convention.

Perdue Inc., Salisbury, Md., and the Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) is highlighted as a case example in the Global Environmental Management Initiative and the Environmental Defense Fund's "Guide to Successful Corporation/NGO Partnerships."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new Energy Star requirements for commercial refrigerators and freezers, which, on average, will be 33 percent more energy efficient than standard models.

A new organization, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, has pledged to research and develop efforts that reduce dairy industry greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 25 percent during the next 11 years.