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六月 30, 2014

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and Community Leaders Celebrate Boardman Plant Expansion

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) joined with community and civic leaders today to celebrate the completed expansion of its Lamb Weston frozen potato facility in Boardman, Oregon

三月 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.

一月 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.

一月 17, 2014

Soil Scientist: 20% of Carbon Dioxide from ploughing

Dr John Baker, a soil scientist who was a finalist for the World Food Prize in 2013, is calling for the authorities to look at soil quality when preparing environmental policies. He says that while most local bodies have robust policies to address air and water quality, they overlook soil quality.

十月 28, 2013

Heat recovery is a fuel-saving winner for Wyandot.

With four tortilla chip ovens operating for three shifts, five days a week, Wyandot, Inc. saw an opportunity to utilize a vast supply of energy that had been going out the exhaust stacks.

八月 07, 2013

Survey Shows Canadians' Support for Their Local Farmers

BMO released the results of a survey which found that supporting regional economies, farmers and jobs, along with fresh food and taste, all trump the cost of food for people choosing to buy local.

四月 21, 2013

UK Potato Packer Branston installs solar panels

Branston, one of the UK’s largest packers and suppliers of potatoes, has put 941 solar photovoltaic panels on the south-facing roof of its factory in Ilminster.

三月 25, 2013

Conagra Foods sustainability projects save 22 million.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Agricultural Services team in Kennewick, WA was among the teams awarded last week when ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced the winners of its 2013 Sustainable Development Awards

十一月 12, 2012

Water treatment technology by Van Antwerpen Milieutechniek BV at the Interpom | Primeurs 2012

Van Antwerpen Milieutechniek BV showcase their water treatment technology at the Interpom | Primeurs.

十一月 11, 2012

New French Fry line for Lamb Weston in Boardman, Oregon

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE:CAG) announced today an estimated $200 million expansion of its Lamb Weston frozen potato facility in Boardman, Ore. This strategic investment will add a new line to the plant – increasing capacity for making french fries and...

十月 17, 2012

Kettle Brand Wins 2012 EPA Green Power Leadership Award

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) announced today its Kettle Brand® was one of 24 recipients honored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 12th annual Green Power Leadership Awards. The Green Power Leadership Award recogni...

十月 03, 2012

Greenvale AP picks up another award for their cascade potato washing system

Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, has once again proved it is blazing a trail in reducing water consumption in the fresh produce world, scooping a UK Water Efficiency Award 2012 in the Business and Industry category.

九月 03, 2012

Increase in greenhouse gas positive for potato yield

The increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere can have a positive influence on the potato yield. This is according to Anton Haverkort of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, on 22 August during the bi-annual Potato Demo Day at Westmaas.

五月 09, 2012

Cool Farm Institute to improve farming and retail carbon footprint

A new institute to help farmers produce more efficiently and an updated software ‘tool’ that enables farming and food industries to calculate their carbon footprint are launched this week.

二月 28, 2012

Potato company Branston buys fleet of green forklift trucks

UK Potato firm Branston has bought a fleet of green forklift trucks to tackle emissions. Branston's nine hybrid vehicles will produce 60 per cent less carbon dioxide and use 20 per cent less fuel than alternatives. The RX 70 trucks are run on diesel ...

一月 27, 2012

World Potato Congress speaker Anton Haverkort outlines key developments for 2012

This year’s World Potato Congress, to be held in Edinburgh in May and organised by Potato Council, has attracted a remarkable line-up of international speakers including Dr Anton Haverkort of Netherlands-based Plant Research International.

Greenvale, Natural Choice for Fresh Potatoes

十一月 09, 2011

Greenvale AP Wins Green Award at Fenland Enterprise Business Awards

For Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, environmental issues are at the very heart of the business, and earlier this month they were formally recognised for their efforts when they were awarded the Fenland Enterprise Business Gre...

四月 13, 2011

ConAgra Foods Recognizes Sustainable Business Practices

ConAgra Foods announced today the winners of its 2011 Sustainable Development Awards, an internal awards program intended to drive and reward innovative approaches to sustainability that produce tangible business results.

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