Superior Farms, the nation’s largest lamb producer, hosted a celebration for its new Dixon, Calif. processing facility, the first new lamb processing plant to be built in the U.S. since 1997. To celebrate the occasion, the company hosted a ribbon-cutting, “Dixon-style,” complete with lamb barbeque, county fair-like booths, music, and with the support of California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. Also in attendance, additional representatives from local and state agencies, 4th- and 5th-generation family ranchers, and more than 100 of the company’s own employees.
The new facility, designed with an eye towards green technologies, will reduce the company’s total carbon footprint. It will leverage the best in ergonomics, natural lighting, wind power and water reduction (estimate is 20 percent), thereby reducing the location’s total energy consumption by 45 percent.