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Tyson Foods’ team members eliminated more than 145 million over-the-road truck miles during fiscal years 2011 and 2012.

Increasing demands placed on processing facilities are many, but wastewater remains a battle as new regulations and challenges impact facilities every year.

Eight tips the author has found beneficial as Tyson Foods’ sustainability goal-setting process has matured.

Recent investments by Cargill at its Fort Morgan, Colo., beef processing plant have increased the facility’s energy efficiency and reduced the use of electricity, natural gas and associated costs.

Editor-in-chief Andy Hanacek gets an exclusive tour of JBS' Grand Island, Neb., plant, focused on its initiatives in wastewater treatment as well as employee and community relations.

A packaging optimization case study from Tyson Foods

Today, most methods of mass cooking and chilling are pretty economical and sufficient for their purpose. However, processors and manufacturers continue to tweak thermal-processing procedures to eliminate remaining challenges.

Murphy-Brown LLC, the livestock production subsidiary for Smithfield Foods, managed more than 450 company-owned farms nationwide without incurring a single environmental notice of violation.

West Liberty Foods attains landfill-free status at two of its facilities (with the third on the way) as the company raises the bar for the industry once again.

Hormel Foods Corp. announced the release of its 2011 Hormel Foods Corporate Responsibility Report, available online at www.hormelfoods.com/csr.