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Cover Story: Sustainable Solutions, Renewable Results for Cold Foods Processors

What today's food processors and others along the cold chain are doing to conserve energy and reduce waste.

May 12, 2020

See what best practices companies like Hormel, KanPak, and A M King have implemented to improve sustainability and achieve real results.

Solar and Wind Strategies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy

How Taylor Farms foresaw solar and wind as the path to its energy independence.

Michael Costa

March 12, 2020

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Taylor Farms started investing in renewable, alternative energy back in 2012. The brand is currently seeing a positive payoff for its year-over-year efforts in both cost savings and recognition as a green energy leader in the industry.

EDP Renewables, ConnectGen acquire first 3 solar projects

All three projects are scheduled to achieve substantial completion by the end of the fourth quarter of 2019.

December 18, 2019

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First Solar, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., in partnership with EDP Renewables, Houston, Texas, and ConnectGen, Houston, Texas, completed the acquisition of three projects with a total nameplate design of 278 megawatts (MW) in the United States.

Aurora Organic Dairy commits to 100% carbon-neutral energy

The report outlines progress toward goals to improve its sustainability performance around animals, people and planet.

November 18, 2019

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Aurora Organic Dairy, Boulder, Colo., published its 2019 Sustainability Report, which provides a detailed and transparent update on the company.

Approaches to solar energy procurement

There are many viable options for businesses to go solar. Explore ideas of how a mix of these approaches, combined with energy efficiency and other measures, can help make your business more renewably powered.

Stanley Minnick

November 14, 2019

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From renewable natural gas infrastructure to improving zero-waste-to-landfill standard, find out the steps Organic Valley took to become 100% renewably powered.

Jensen Meat installs solar-powered cells

The high-efficiency solar panels, manufactured by SunPower, are estimated to produce 43% of Jensen’s power.

November 13, 2019

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Jensen Meat installed solar-powered cells and an electric vehicle (EV) charging station at its Otay Mesa, Calif., headquarters manufacturing plant.

McDonald’s to implement solar, wind energy to power restaurants

This investment means McDonald’s is said to add more renewable energy to the power supply than any other U.S. restaurant company to date.

November 7, 2019

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McDonald's, Chicago, announced its commitment to energy efficiency and renewable energy with a large-scale virtual power purchase agreement.

Sysco announces 2019 corporate social responsibility report

Sysco’s CSR strategy focuses on three key areas—people, products and planet.

November 6, 2019

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Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, published its 2019 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, documenting the company’s progress toward the 2025 goals established in 2018.

Burnbrae Farms opens first solar-powered farm in Oxford County, Canada

The farm is said to be the largest solar-powered egg laying farm in Canada.

October 10, 2019

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Burnbrae Farms, Canada, opened its first solar-powered facility in Oxford County, Canada.

The Wonderful Co. owners pledge $750M to Caltech to support environmental sustainability research

This commitment will support Caltech's investigators, as they pursue research in solar science, climate science, energy, biofuels, decomposable plastics, water and environmental resources and ecology and biosphere engineering.

October 1, 2019

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Stewart and Lynda Resnick, owners of The Wonderful Co., Los Angeles, and the Wonderful Halos brand, pledged $750 million to The California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, Calif., to support cutting-edge research in environmental sustainability.