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oktober 28, 2015

Researchers turn potato processing waste into eco-friendly plastic films

Researchers of the University of Alberta offer a green alternative to petroleum-based plastics used in food packaging by turning potato byproducts into eco-friendly plastic films

Conagra Foods 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report

september 24, 2015

Conagra Foods publishes 2015 citizenship (CSR) report

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) today announced it has issued its 2015 Citizenship Report. The report tracks progress on the company's three-pronged Citizenship platform: Good Food, Stronger Communities and Better Planet.

september 22, 2015

United States sets Food Waste Reduction Goals

In the United States, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg have announced the first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50% reduction by 2030.

REYCO Systems® EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System

september 03, 2015

REYCO Systems® introduces its EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System

REYCO Systems® and its partner companies Idaho Steel Products and Kiremko today announced the release of the EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System.

augustus 19, 2015

RPE introduces Oddball Organics: not your ordinary potato

RPE Inc. is introducing Oddball Organics™, a new brand for organic potatoes that do not fit the standard.

maart 11, 2015

Conagra Foods announces winners of its 2015 Sustainable Development Awards

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced the winners of its 2015 Sustainable Development Awards yesterday, an internal awards program that drives and rewards imaginative approaches to sustainability and produces bottom line business results.

november 30, 2014

Potato Chip maker Barrel O Fun fined for waste water troubles

Barrel O'Fun, which produces potato chips and other snack foods has agreed to pay a $45,000 penalty for not effectively pre-treating wastewater from its production plant before sending it to the now improved city treatment facility.

From left to right: Austin Roberts, co-owner of RWL Holdings Ltd, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea and Agriculture and Forestry Minister George Webster (Courtesy Journal Pioneer).

juli 30, 2014

PEI Dept of Environment shuts down potato wash plant RWL Holdings Ltd.

Concerns over the quality of the waste water from a potato wash facility has resulted in the P.E.I. Department of Environment shutting down the operation.

maart 13, 2014

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced the winners of its 2014 Sustainable Development Awards

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced the winners of its 2014 Sustainable Development Awards yesterday, an internal awards program that drives and rewards imaginative approaches to sustainability, and produces bottom line business results.

januari 23, 2014

Hardbite Potato Chips initiates Waste Reduction Program

The manufacturer of Hardbite Potato Chips announced today that it has initiated an aggressive waste reduction and sustainability initiative with its manufacturing operation. The company has partnered with Fraser Valley Biogas, and FortisBC to recycle organic waste from the company’s food processing plant into a renewable natural gas.

mei 21, 2013

Simplot's Moses Lake potato processing plant received Environmental Excellence award

Several green initiatives in place at J.R. Simplot's Moses Lake facility were highlighted during a recent Association of Washington Business meeting.

augustus 21, 2012

America throws away 40% of food supply

Americans are throwing away 40 percent of food in the U.S., the equivalent of $165 billion in uneaten food each year, according to a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. In a time of drought and skyrocketing food prices, NRDC outline...

juni 19, 2012

McCain Foods to pay $40,000 for air quality violations

McCain Foods in Othello reached a settlement agreement this week with the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) over violations of the plant’s air quality permit, vowing to avoid any similar violations in the future.

oktober 20, 2009

New Cavendish Farms bio-gas plant helps with disposal of bad wheat

Cavendish Farms is taking unmarketable grain at its new bio-gas plant in New Annan, Prince Edward Island.The company will transport the wheat to the plant.It has been a difficult year for many Island grain farmers with higher levels of toxins making s...

juni 22, 2009

Cavendish Farms unveils new Bio-Gas Facility

Cavendish Farms, one of North America's leading producers of frozen potato products, unveiled a critical vital new element in their environmental action plan, and a first for the potato industry in North America.

In 2007, 20 – 40 % of all corn in the US was used for energy production

mei 14, 2008

Snack Food Industry urges review US biofuel policy

Today the Snack Food Industry made its case in US congress for changes in the US biofuel policy, in light of the dramatic increase of food prices and the environmental costs.

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