JBS Australia
In 2018, 11 guest chefs visited the Great Southern farms in Victoria, where they were able to learn about the origins of the cattle and lambs in the Great Southern program and meet the farmers who supply livestock to the JBS Australia branded programs. Additionally, the group visited the JBS Australia Brooklyn beef and small…
JBS Australia
In 2018, a customer advised Primo Foods they were launching a new range of New York Pizzas, one of which would feature Primo steak strips on top. Four weeks later, the team at Foodpartners had developed, manufactured and delivered the product into the customer’s warehouses throughout Australia ready for the product launch. Sales were sensational…
Pilgrim’s Moy Park
In June 2018, Pilgrim’s Moy Park announced an investment of over £18 million across a number of its sites in Lincolnshire, U.K. The investments form part of the company’s ongoing strategic investment program, which is focused on enhancing operations across its agriculture and processing facilities, boosting production to a record 6 million birds per week…
Pilgrim’s USA
In 2018, the Pilgrim’s Nacogdoches, TX, complex implemented a water reuse system, resulting in a reduction of water by 140 million gallons annually.
Pilgrim’s USA
In 2018, the Pilgrim’s Guntersville, AL chicken production facility won the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association 2018 Clean Water Award for advances in wastewater pre-treatment and water reuse. The winners were selected by a committee of industry engineers, university personnel and industry media. The pre-treatment award category criteria included facilities that discharge pre-treated effluent to…
Pilgrim’s USA
In 2018, the West Georgia Regional Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) presented Pilgrim’s Carrollton production facility with the Sixth Annual LEPC Environmental Excellence Award in recognition of the facility’s civic and corporate environmental leadership rooted in performance and action. Acting as liaison between industry and emergency response, the West Georgia Regional LEPC works to evaluate…
Tolleson, AZ, Beef Production Facility
In 2018, team members from the Tolleson, AZ, Regional Beef production facility identified an opportunity to significantly reduce the amount of plastic waste generated at their facility each year. Due to Arizona’s limited access to fresh water, Tolleson is required to utilize deep underground wells as the facility’s primary source of water. However, because of…
Hyrum, UT, Beef Production Facility
Our Hyrum, UT, Fed Beef facility was awarded First Place – Pollution Prevention in the highly competitive North American Meat Institute (NAMI) 2019 Environmental Achievement Awards, out of 60 participating facilities. Selected biennially, the NAMI Environmental Achievement Awards are bestowed upon member companies that go beyond environmental compliance by designing and successfully implementing an…
JBS USA
Twenty Six JBS USA and Pilgrim’s production facilities received Tier III NAMI 2019 Environmental Recognition Awards for their 2018 environmental efforts and achievements. 2019 Award Recipients Pilgrim’s USA: Arcadia, WI; Canton, GA; De Queen, AR; Ellijay, GA; Gainesville, GA; Guntersville, AL; Mayfield, KY; Mt. Pleasant, TX; Moorefield, WV; Russellville, AL; Sanford, NC; Sumter, NC JBS USA: Beardstown,…
JBS USA
In 2018, JBS USA and Pilgrim’s hosted their bi-annual environmental conference in Sanford, NC. The environmental conference brings together environmental managers from each production facility to share best management practices and learn from each other’s experiences. More than 20 technical presentations were shared at the conference in an effort to extend knowledge and learnings from…
