Americold’s facility in Dunkirk, N.Y., was built with LEED certified energy efficiency in mind, and Oishii’s vertical strawberry farm is opening doors for a different variety of vertically farmed produce.
For our coverage of Fabulous Food Plants this year, we decided to do something a little bit different in honor of “plants,” aka flora. When we think of food plants, we almost immediately think of processing facilities, but there’s so much more to food production than the processing plant. So, seeing how plant-based foods are altering the ways consumers think about protein, we decided to alter the way we think about food plants.
Kerry’s Rome, Georgia, facility is the winner of FE’s 2022 Sustainable Project of the Year. The warehouse-turned production facility recently underwent a $125 million renovation and expansion—all while continuing production safely and achieving sustainability goals.
Renovating a facility to increase its capacity, energy use and water consumption doesn’t sound like it would earn Food Engineering’s 2022 Sustainable Project of the Year, but that’s exactly what Kerry’s coatings and seasonings facility in Rome, Georgia, has done.
Well-developed, documented and maintained food management system mandates are the key to ensuring food safety when incorporating sustainability measures.
A commitment to the environment or “going green” has become an integral element of doing business around the world, and that includes the food business—from growing and husbandry through food handling to processing and distribution, including at grocery stores.
The FP605, an easy to install and configure industrial fan and pump drive, is to reduce energy use, including centrifugal compressors, fans, pumps and process control in industries such as material handling, food and beverage, and more.