Bill Gill, assistant vice president, Environmental Affairs, Smithfield Foods, discusses how manufacturers can reduce energy usage and material waste to reduce carbon footprint and cut costs.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. expands production of its Open Prairie Natural Angus® beef brand to the company’s Pasco, Wash., facility in response to increased consumer demand for natural beef on the “Left Coast.”
We’ve created a new annual award — our Plant of the Year — and asked our readers, Web site visitors and industry contacts to vote, choosing from the list of processing facilities visited by NP from January 2011 through June 2012.
Increasing demands placed on processing facilities are many, but wastewater remains a battle as new regulations and challenges impact facilities every year.
If recent investments made by JBS to improve its impact on the environment, the community and its own employees are any indication, this global behemoth may be poised for a run of impressive growth.
Editor-in-chief Andy Hanacek gets an exclusive tour of JBS' Grand Island, Neb., plant, focused on its initiatives in wastewater treatment as well as employee and community relations.