Green Plant of the Year

Each year, we ask our readers to nominate a plant they believe is going above and beyond in sustainability. For this award, we look for a new plant, a major addition or renovation project less than three years old that exemplifies a commitment to a sustainable future for food and beverage manufacturing. 

Highlights

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Oct. 1, 2024
Keystone uses landfill-sourced methane and cleaned coal-mine water to reach nearly 100% potato utilization through value-added, environmentally friendly outputs for off-grade ...
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Nov. 17, 2023
The U.S. organization catapulted its Brazilian parent from a small Brazilian butcher shop to the biggest animal protein supplier in the world; the next step being value-added ...
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Oct. 16, 2023
Hormel’s Fontanini Foods plant used ingenuity and innovative engineering to drive down water and energy use and minimize the oils and sludge in the Illinois plant’s wastewater...
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Sept. 26, 2022
Vital Farms’ Egg Central Station in Springfield, Mo. processes 6 million eggs a day all while staying committed to sustainability. Read why Vital Farms was named Food Processing...
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Oct. 5, 2020
With a solar array on the roof and employees beneath on a perpetual Energy Treasure Hunt, the Escondido, Calif. bakery has won several sustainability awards.
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Oct. 1, 2019
On a five-year mission to sustainability, this pet food plant in Orange City, Iowa, became zero waste-to-landfill.
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Sept. 9, 2015
Potato processor's efficient plant enables it to grow.
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Sept. 9, 2015
This Fort Smith, Ark. Planters facility dropped double-digits in energy and water use and has been zero waste to landfill for three years.