Growing Interest in Plastics from Feathers
GLOBAL - Processors are seeing the potential for feather-based plastics.

Moy Park First to Support Courtauld Commitment
UK - Moy Park has become the first poultry company to sign up to the Courtauld Commitment having become a signatory of Phase...

Tyson Foods Reports Sustainability Progress
US – Water conservation, renewable fuels production and workplace safety improvements are among the areas highlighted in...

Chicken Feathers Could Mitigate Oil Spill
US - Chicken feathers may help in oil spill mitigation, according to a researcher at the University of Delaware.

Prestigious Sustainability Award for Walmart Brazil
BRAZIL - Walmart Brazil and its CEO, Hector Nunez, have been awarded the first annual C.K. Prahalad Award for global sustainability...

Milk Storage Tanks Exempt From Oil Spill Rule
US - The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) has welcomed the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Wageningen Researchers Compare LCAs for Animal Products
NETHERLANDS - A first review of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), conducted at Wageningen University, confirmed that the production...

IFA And Bim Host Seafood By-Products Seminar
IRELAND - Costs of disposing of waste and by products from seafood processing and aquaculture production have increased significantly...

Sainsbury's Extends its Environmental Initiative
UK - Supermarket chain, Sainsbury's, has extended its carbon initiative to pigs and poultry.

Meat and Climate Change Link 'Lopsided'
UK - A report which directly linked meat production with climate change is coming apart at the seams after being heavily...

Cutting Meat, Milk Intake Will Not Lower GHGs
US - Reducing meat consumption will not impact climate change, according to a paper published recently by researchers from...

Clean Water Awards 2010
US - American Proteins and Wayne Farms have won US Poultry & Egg Association's 2010 Clean Water Awards. Perdue Farms and...

Wiesenhof Reports its First CO2 Footprint
GERMANY - Poultry processor Wiesenhof has drawn up its first certified carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions balance...

Report Highlights Impacts of Livestock Production
US - A new report reveals the environmental and social impacts of what its editors call the 'livestock revolution'.

Environment TV Programme to Feature Perdue
US - Perdue Farms will be one of seven companies from around the world featured on the premiere of a new Discovery Channel...

Greenhouse Surprise for Red Meat
AUSTRALIA - Beef produced in feedlots has a smaller carbon footprint than meat raised exclusively on pastures, according...

Customers Drive Sustainability in Animal Agriculture
US - Poultry and red meat companies are developing sustainability programs, not because of government mandates, but because...

Turning Beef Fat into Biofuel
PORTUGAL - To recover the waste of meat that is produced daily in the industry is the aim behind the R&D project "FatValue”,...

Betagro Extends its 'Green' Programme
THAILAND - Betagro is expanding its low-carbon programme.

Poultry Plant Switches to Environment-Friendly Boxes
US - Mountaire Farms has switched to recyclable, wax-free boxes for product to reduce the environmental impact.