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Food Engineering January 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins	Water Gets Its Due The sustainability bandwagon is groaning under the weight of corporations climbing aboard. The time for water resource management has never been better.
Food Engineering June 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins	Food Automation Conference Report Best practices in food safety, asset utilization and sustainability were front and center at this year's industry idea-exchange.
Food Processing September 2008 Bob Sperber	Hormel Cultivates a `Green' Plant For a new shelf-stable meals plant, Hormel will pursue green-building LEED certification. We'll follow the plant throughout the process.
Food Processing September 2010 Kate Bertrand Connolly	Food Processing Awards Kettle Foods Green Plant of the Year Kettle Foods in Beloit, Wis. receives the first ever Green Processor of the Year Award for making a greener potato chip.
Food Engineering June 1, 2008 Wayne Labs	31st Annual Plant Construction Survey LEED provides the tools to measure sustainability in new and existing projects.
Food Engineering June 1, 2009 Wayne Labs	32nd Annual Plant Construction Survey The weakened economy has slowed food plant construction projects in 2008 compared to 2007, and total new, expansion, renovation and distribution/storage projects were also down.
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro	Food Processing Awards ConAgra/Lamb Weston 2011 Green Plant of the Year ConAgra Foods' Delhi, La. sweet potato processing plant not only contributes to a healthier Earth but also to a healthier bottom line for the Omaha, Neb.-based food company.
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Food Processing September 2012 Dave Fusaro	Food Processing Awards Hormel Foods/Progressive Processing 2012 Green Plant of the Year Being able to produce high-quality products in a sustainable and energy-efficient facility garnered Hormel's Progressive Processing facility in Dubuque, Iowa our third annual prize.
Food Engineering November 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins	Cover Story: How Green Was My Factory Renewable energy is becoming a factor in all types of food facilities, though it's only one part of a wider drive toward green building design.
Food Engineering October 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins	Energy Management: Your New Competitive Edge Reclamation of thermal heat is a conspicuous example of the many energy initiatives underway as the food industry rethinks the ROI on energy management.
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins	The New Math of Energy Efficiency Mothballing energy management plans probably isn't a prudent idea at this juncture in the nation's history.
Food Processing September 2013 Kevin T. Higgins	Food Plants of the Future: Not Bigger, Just Smarter The next generation of food and beverage production facilities will be sanitary, flexible, more pleasant to work in and self-sustaining.
Food Engineering November 4, 2007 Wayne Labs	Sustaining Your Energy Action Plan An energy action plan should start with a thorough analysis of the manufacturing facilities WAGES, that is, the five utilities water, air, gas, electricity and steam.
Food Processing September 2008 Diane Toops	Food and Beverage Companies Go Green Consumers are making choices based on sustainability efforts; here's what the top food and beverage companies are doing.
Food Processing February 2006 Mike Pehanich	Electro-shock therapy Energy management suddenly has taken on grave importance. Read what Tyson, ConAgra, Publix and other processors are doing to reduce consumption and find alternatives.
Food Engineering June 4, 2007 Joyce Fassl	30th Annual Construction Survey Projects Go Green New construction projects are at their highest level since 2002, as processors demand energy-efficient, environmentally friendly plants.
Food Processing September 2011 Diane Toops	Top Food and Beverage Companies: Leaders in Sustainability How big food and beverage companies and small ones are protecting the planet and their bottom lines.
Food Engineering October 1, 2007 Joyce Fassl	Sustainability movement surges on If your company doesn't have a director of sustainability or environmental affairs, you better get one soon.
Food Engineering July 30, 2009 Kevin T. Higgins	Water Efficiency: Don't Let Your Liquid Assets Go Down the Drain Food processors confront both financial and behavioral issues when they implement green water practices.
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IndustryWeek April 1, 2009	Energy Efficiency: Doing More With Less Myriad opportunities exist to drive down energy usage in your plant and across your enterprise. That's good for your bottom line and good for the environment.
Food Processing January 2007 Mike Pehanich	New Places to Look for Energy Savings Lowering pressures, plugging air leaks and updating your motors can have a huge impact on your plant's energy efficiency.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Duane Stanford	Why Sustainability Is Winning Over CEOs Long a cause celebre of the eco crowd, sustainable business practices are yielding big savings at companies like PepsiCo and Wal-Mart.
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro	ConAgra Foods Offers Practical View of Sustainability ConAgra Foods' view on green or sustainable food manufacturing is an outgrowth of the company's philosophy on good corporate citizenship.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Brad Kenney	Continuous Improvement Gets a Green Makeover Don't get hung up on the enviro-hype. Reducing waste, emissions and pollution is simply good business.
Food Processing April 2007 Dave Fusaro	Annual Capital Spending Outlook: Spend Now to Save Later Some of the biggest food companies are budgeting capital expenditures for multi-year programs meant to reduce costs in the long run.
Food Engineering February 1, 2009 Joyce Fassl	Editor's Note: A New Tradition in Sustainability Food and beverage manufacturers continue to uncover innovative ways to be environmentally friendly as they increase efficiency.
Food Processing April 2010 Dave Fusaro	2010 Capital Spending Outlook: Pent-Up Demand Causes an Explosion in Projects After last year's drop in capital expenditures, budgets for the Food Processing Top 100 survey group are up 19 percent for 2010.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	Plant Blueprints Turn Green Building a new plant? Might as well design it for energy efficiency now, while you still have a choice.
Food Engineering June 4, 2006	29th Annual Plant Construction Survey Measuring Up to a Higher Standard Today's food processors are focusing on the fundamentals -- clean, safe, economical -- but with a twist. The stakes -- and responsibilities -- are much higher.
Food Processing May 2005 Mike Pehanich	How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century.
Food Engineering July 30, 2009 Carolyn Chapin	The Changing Face of Site Selection Food and beverage manufacturers must plan for change when selecting processing facility sites in today's volatile economy.
Food Engineering June 4, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	Food Automation & Manufacturing 2007 Conference and Expo Challenges abound for food and beverage processors, but creative solutions were the order of the day at this annual conference.
CFO June 15, 2012 Alix Stuart	Green Is the New Lean Doing more with less is what many sustainability initiatives are all about. That's why CFOs are embracing them.
Food Processing April 2012 David Phillips	Top 100 Capital Spending Report: Greek Yogurt Plants are Stacking Up After two years of 20 percent increases, capital spending looks to be up only 4.1 percent this year.
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Food Processing October 2010	MRO Q&A: Why Do Good Plants Go Down? From a macro perspective the top three major shutdown threats for a food plant could be summarized as: a catastrophic event, a facility's internal operational failure or a facility's external operational failure.
Food Engineering August 3, 2006 Joyce Fassl	Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year?
Food Processing November 2008	One Year of LEED: Kettle Turns Green to Gold America's first LEED Gold-certified food manufacturing plant says it's seeing a significant financial return on the environmentally friendly plant.
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Fassl et al.	28th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Extreme Makeovers Dominate Projects and budgets remain flat as food and beverage processors put their money into updating existing assets and improving food safety measures.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard	ProLogis Launches Sustainable Warehouse Initiative Firm to require all new warehouses to comply with U.S. green-building standards.
Food Processing April 2009 Marty Weil	Annual Capital Spending Report: Economic Upheaval Weighs on Capital Spending Forecast For the first time, we forecast a 2.9 percent drop in capital investment by U.S. food and beverage processors this year.
Food Engineering November 1, 2006	Plant Openings & Expansions Gold Kist completes Guntersville, AL, poultry plant expansion... Lindt USA begins construction on a 300,000-sq.-ft. production and storage capacity expansion... etc.
Food Engineering November 1, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins	Material suppliers seek sustainable advantage Sustainability may be the feel-good corporate buzzword of the year, but the vagueness of the term becomes even more murky when applied to packaging.
Food Processing April 2005 Dave Fusaro	Are capital spending fortunes improving? Several companies are placing big bets on the recovery by building 'world's largest' processing plants. The biggest project currently under way is a $192 million American cheddar cheese plant in Clovis, N.M., for SouthWest Cheese Co.
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