Sustainability

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I recently had an opportunity to speak at several conferences about the business case for sustainable protein production.

How do you envision the food of tomorrow? Pose that question to 100 people on the street, and you will be sure to get 100 different answers. GMOs, no-GMOs, antibiotics, antibiotic-free, sustainable, outsourced, local — we are far from a consensus.

There are plenty of sectors of the meat industry that know the advantages and disadvantages of seasonal items.

A growing number of corporations are moving sustainability up their agendas.

This spring, a Cargill pork plant in Ottumwa, Iowa, accidently released 20,000 gallons of untreated wastewater (because of a control panel malfunction) into the Des Moines River until a backup pump began operating.