Sustainable practices - Articles

Danone Institute North America to award grants to advance sustainable food systems

The nonprofit innovation center established by Danone North America will award up to $90,000 to four selected teams.

April 23, 2020

Danone Institute North America, a nonprofit innovation center established by Danone North America, said it launched its second annual "One Planet. One Health" grant program on April 22.

Dairy’s role in the health of people and the planet

Sustainability is about more than just the environment. It’s about how agriculture and nutrition must balance social, economic and environmental priorities.

Gregory Miller

June 5, 2017

Sustainability is at a higher awareness level, but consumers don’t necessarily call it that. People have broadened their interpretation of foods that are good for them beyond nutrition and health. For them it’s more about transparency and the greater good.

Methane to power: the technology improves

Clay Detlefsen

December 18, 2013

The ultimate goal is widespread adoption of digester systems to manage manure and nutrients, address air and water quality concerns, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce renewable energy and fertilizer.

Turning waste into energy

Dairy producers and processors have found value in what they used to throw away.

Clay Detlefsen

August 23, 2013

Dairy producers and processors have found value in what they used to throw away. Methane digesters and other technologies create energy to power homes, offices and industrial plants.

Equipment

Eagle Packaging Machinery’s POPLOK is an environmentally friendly tray forming solution

July 9, 2013

Eagle Packaging Machinery’s new POPLOK is an environmentally friendly tray forming solution for meeting sustainability objectives.

Green energy

Pearl Valley Cheese goes green with GEM Energy power system

May 1, 2013

Pearl Valley Cheese Co. is going green with an energy-saving power system that runs on cheese manufacturing waste water.

Equipment

Dynamic Conveyor introduces new line of belt food conveyers

The conveyors are powered by motors that reduce carbon emissions, water consumption and more.

January 29, 2013

Dynamic Conveyor introduces new line of belt food conveyers that are powered by motors that reduce carbon emissions, water consumption and waste water.

Use metrics to measure sustainability efforts

Measuring sustainability practices involves many variables. There is no one-size-fits-all approach that works for all operations. Metrics take differences into consideration.

Clay Detlefsen

December 18, 2012

Consumers continue to demand tasty and nutritious products that are produced in an environmentally responsible way. As a result, retailers and foodservice companies have heightened interest in the sustainability of their suppliers, and environmental organizations have ratcheted up their sustainability assessments of industries and businesses.

Learn how to be an energy star by cutting costs

Free online resources from the EPA and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy simplify process of reducing energy, cutting costs.

Dr. Gail Barnes

October 16, 2012

Consumers want the foods they eat to be nutritious, affordable and good-tasting. Increasingly, consumers care about the environmental impact of their food, and want to know that the products they buy were produced in an environmentally responsible way.

Sustainability: 10 Big and little green ideas

Dairy processors are reducing their use of water, energy, transportation and packaging. Here are 10 examples from the United States and abroad.

October 15, 2012

Dairy processors use a lot of water. Fresh water and wastewater can be a huge expense and a significant component of the utilities budget. The H2Oversight Service from U.S. Energy Services, Plymouth, Minn., offers rate tariff optimization, metering equipment confirmation, facility change monitoring, bypass opportunities and identification of operational savings.