https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/rss/2638-sustainable-plant-of-the-year en-us A project team undaunted by constant challenges comes through for an on-time delivery of Meati’s Mega Ranch, FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2024 Sustainable Plant of the Year.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/102307 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/102307-overcoming-adversity-to-implement-sustainability Even though there were only six months in between iterations, FA&M still delivered on the networking and educational content.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/102155 Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/102155-there-was-plenty-to-see-at-fa-and-m-2024 Sustainability efforts at Meati Foods’ Thornton, Colorado facility match the sustainable intent of the mycelium-based products it produces.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101893 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101893-food-engineering-magazine-announces-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-award-winner A former staple of FOOD ENGINEERING is getting updated as an eNewsletter.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101656 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:00:57 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101656-food-plant-update Plant of the Year entrants are automatically entered into the Sustainable Plant of the Year competition. All entries are due by December 29, 2023.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101588 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101588-food-engineering-announces-opening-of-2024-plant-of-the-year-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-submissions It only takes a few seconds after stepping into Vital Farms’ Egg Central Station (ECS) to realize that the company truly loves its egg-related puns. If there’s writing nearby, be it on a wall, memo or bulletin board, there’s a pun not far behind. They’re part of an ethos that starts from the top and flows down the company’s ranks to put a smile on someone’s face, even if just for a second. That idea of doing good extends beyond the facility walls to its other locations, the farmers who supply the eggs, the consumers who buy the product and, finally, to the planet itself. That visible commitment to the environment is why the addition at ECS was chosen as FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2023 Sustainable Plant of the Year.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101194 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/101194-laying-a-model-of-sustainability-for-food-processing Two expansion projects have earned this year’s honors, with the awards to be presented at the Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo in October.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100871 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:37:54 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100871-food-engineering-magazine-announces-plant-of-the-year-and-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-award-winners 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.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100601 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100601-true-sustainability-takes-commitmentand-planning Global food manufacturer Kerry is the winner of our 2022 Sustainable Plant of the Year award for its $125 million breadcrumbs and coatings plant expansion in Rome, Georgia. 

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100376 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:07:24 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100376-kerry-wins-our-2022-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-award-for-breadcrumbs-coatings-facility-expansion-in-georgia kerry_may2022-6.jpg Aerial view of Kerry's Rome, Ga., plant expansion.  SPOY-badge-with-date.jpg kerry_may2022-2.jpg Aerial view of Kerry's Rome, Ga., plant expansion. Laughmanc@bnpmedia.com (Casey Laughman) Cuisine Solutions and Stellar earn Sustainable Plant of the Year for sous vide facility in San Antonio.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99667 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99667-sustainable-plant-of-the-year San Antonio’s Big Sun Community Solar Program Solar panels in the parking lot and native vegetation are part of the facility's sustainability program. The black and red color scheme was used prominently to promote the plant as a flagship facility for Cuisine Solutions. All photos courtesy of Matthew Niemann / Matthew Niemann Photography Laughmanc@bnpmedia.com (Casey Laughman) Keurig Dr Pepper’s 1.5-million-sq.-ft. production facility and distribution center in Allentown, Pa., has been named the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year. Cuisine Solutions was named winner of the 2021 Sustainable Plant of the Year for its plant in San Antonio.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99342 Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:21:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99342-keurig-dr-pepper-wins-2021-plant-of-the-year Laughmanc@bnpmedia.com (Casey Laughman) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99183 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:30:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99183-food-engineerings-2020-sustainable-plant-of-the-year vertical fermentation tanks Using vertical fermentation tanks allows MycoTechnology to increase its production per square foot, resulting in a lower carbon footprint while still meeting production goals. Photo courtesy of Joel Eden, iSitePhotos equipment room MycoTechnology’s production facility and headquarters were designed to be expandable. The equipment room was designed to support future upgrades and additions to infrastructure to support production demands. Photo courtesy of Joel Eden, iSitePhotos automation MycoTechnology’s production facility and headquarters were designed to be expandable. The equipment room was designed to support future upgrades and additions to infrastructure to support production demands. Photo courtesy of Joel Eden, iSitePhotos MycoTechnology production space Production space is ventilated, not conditioned, to cut down on utility usage and cost. Photo courtesy of Joel Eden, iSitePhotos conveyor Afer the powdered product comes out of the spray dryer, it is packaged and conveyed to the warehouse. Photo courtesy of Joel Eden, iSitePhotos warehouse Finished product is stored in the warehouse before being shipped. Warehouse space was designed to not only hold product, but eventually be used as part of future production expansions. Photo courtesy of Joel Eden, iSitePhotos Laughmanc@bnpmedia.com (Casey Laughman) Submissions for the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award are now open.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99156 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:58:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/99156-submissions-open-for-food-engineerings-2021-plant-of-the-year-award Laughmanc@bnpmedia.com (Casey Laughman) J.M. Smucker’s Longmont, Colo. production facility has been named the 2020 Food Engineering Plant of the Year.

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/98661 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:30:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/98661-jm-smucker-wins-2020-food-engineering-plant-of-the-year http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/97883 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/97883-food-engineerings-2018-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-how-dairy-farmers-of-america-goes-green cold milk separators Multiple cold milk separators were installed to enhance final milk powder properties and allow for operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Photos courtesy of DFA milk dryer The Garden City facility houses the largest milk dryer in North America. Sustainable Plant of the Year award Showing off FE's 2018 Sustainable Plant of the Year Award are: (left to right) Rusty Golliher, DFA vice president of engineering; Jeff Johns, Shambaugh & Son senior vice president; and Nathan McFerrin, DFA director of project engineering. boilers The Dairy Farmers of America's Garden City milk dryer operation has three 1,600 hp natural gas fired boilers that feature 24:1 system turndown to supply efficiently variable equipment steam on demand on a 24-hour/7-days-a-week schedule. Photo courtesy of DFA. wastewater treatment system A 2.5 million gallon per day on-site wastewater treatment system purifies the plant discharge and returns it to Garden City as agricultural irrigation quality water. cow water removal system In order to produce high-quality milk powder on a constant production schedule, a flexible cow water removal system utilizing three independently cleaned, rotating evaporators was used. DFA Garden City facility In what was a water-impoverished Kansas corn field, the mammoth DFA Garden City facility consumes 267,000 sq. ft. on its 165-acre site, and stands 157 ft. tall, housing North America’s largest milk dryer to date. automated filler system The automated filler system accurately produces as many as 7,000 25-kg bags of quality milk powder daily. schugd@bnpmedia.com (Debra Schug) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/97179 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:17:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/97179-food-engineering-plant-of-the-year-and-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-winners-announced schugd@bnpmedia.com (Debra Schug) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/96457 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/96457-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-award-clif-bar ]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/93037 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:20:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/93037-sustainable-processor-of-the-year-smithfield-foods-embraces-environmental-stewardship The facility was not only constructed with sustainability in mind, but sustainability can be found everywhere you look. 

]]> http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/91497 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:01:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/91497-plumrose-council-bluffs-lean-mean-and-fully-automated higginsk@bnpmedia.com (Kevin T. Higgins) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/89821 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:30:00 -0500 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/89821-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-stahlbush-island-farms---a-model-of-self-sufficiency higginsk@bnpmedia.com (Kevin T. Higgins) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/88870 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:12:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/88870-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-frito-lay-casa-grande-plant-attains-near-net-zero higginsk@bnpmedia.com (Kevin T. Higgins) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/88202 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:41:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/88202-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-new-belgium-brewing-co-hits-the-spot higginsk@bnpmedia.com (Kevin T. Higgins) http://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/87379 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:46:00 -0400 https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/87379-sustainable-plant-of-the-year-sierra-nevada-brewing-co