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EPA notes Tyson’s work toward more sustainable freight transport

October 5, 2012

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Tyson Foods’ team members eliminated more than 145 million over-the-road truck miles during fiscal years 2011 and 2012.

Wastewater treatment programs advance

Elizabeth Fuhrman

September 18, 2012

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Increasing demands placed on processing facilities are many, but wastewater remains a battle as new regulations and challenges impact facilities every year.

Eight rules for setting meaningful and achievable sustainability goals

Leigh Ann Johnston

September 14, 2012

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Eight tips the author has found beneficial as Tyson Foods’ sustainability goal-setting process has matured.

Cargill invests $1.8 million toward energy efficiency in Colorado beef plant

August 23, 2012

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Recent investments by Cargill at its Fort Morgan, Colo., beef processing plant have increased the facility’s energy efficiency and reduced the use of electricity, natural gas and associated costs.

JBS: Ready to roar

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.

Andy Hanacek

August 20, 2012

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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.

Packing case-ready pork, sustainably

Leigh Ann Johnston

July 13, 2012

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A packaging optimization case study from Tyson Foods

Cooking/chilling systems search for efficiency

Finding sustainable methods of operation and energy consumption rule the day when it comes to the challenges facing the cooking and chilling processes.

Megan Pellegrini Lynn Knipe

July 12, 2012

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Today, most methods of mass cooking and chilling are pretty economical and sufficient for their purpose. However, processors and manufacturers continue to tweak thermal-processing procedures to eliminate remaining challenges.

Murphy-Brown completes year with unblemished record

July 5, 2012

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Murphy-Brown LLC, the livestock production subsidiary for Smithfield Foods, managed more than 450 company-owned farms nationwide without incurring a single environmental notice of violation.

Waste, not …

Andy Hanacek

July 4, 2012

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West Liberty Foods attains landfill-free status at two of its facilities (with the third on the way) as the company raises the bar for the industry once again.