A sustainable bottom line: Environmentally friendly upgrades must save money

March 22, 2019

Food processors and distributors and pet food manufacturers view sustainable projects as a great idea—if they save money.

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Headquarters for Farmer Brothers coffee awarded LEED certification

Building earns Silver award for energy-saving features

Rose Shilling

September 7, 2018

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Coffee supplier Farmer Bros. Co. received a sustainability recognition for its Texas headquarters office for features including a reflective roof and an insulated building envelope.

Opinion: Don't give up on sustainable operations

Operating challenges make sustainability a challenge, but it's still a worthy goal

Casey Laughman

March 4, 2018

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Whether it's been pursuing LEED certification, energy efficiency, saving water, or the role of equipment in meeting sustainability goals, each of those stories has had one thing in common: No matter what you do from a planning or an equipment standpoint, bad operations can undo everything.

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Lack of specific LEED certification for food processing creates challenges

The lack of a specific program means processors have to carefully determine which LEED certification is right for them.

Casey Laughman

January 21, 2018

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There’s a LEED for Schools. LEED for Hospitality. Retail. Data Centers. Warehouses & Distribution Centers. Healthcare. What there is not—at least not yet—is a LEED for Food Manufacturing.

Reducing Mechanical Wear in Food Processing while Increasing Productivity

ON DEMAND: Food processing manufacturers have an increasing number of challenges, whether they are processing vegetables and fruit, filling pastries and baked goods, or cutting meat. This includes keeping up with sanitation, safety and maintenance requirements while maintaining throughput and production quality.

Learn how processing and packaging robotic automation solutions and the new generation of adaptive machinery can reduce total cost of ownership, improve and maintain quality and consistency and provide the flexibility needed for the changing trends in the industry.

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Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development

Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development is the first book to comprehensively address the issues of graphics design and visual concepts, from a systematic, scientific viewpoint, yet with business applications in mind.

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Food Engineering

2019 August

In the August 2019 issue of Food Engineering, we feature seven Fabulous Food Plants that demonstrate how the decision to build new or upgrade really comes down to which option keeps you competitive.

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