A new third-party verified sustainability standard for the poultry industry, PoultryCARE, certifies that farmers are implementing best practices in animal husbandry, environmental stewardship and engagement with their community.

Today’s consumers expect the poultry and meat production industry to be invested in sustainable supply chains, environmental protections and social responsibility programs, Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Global McDonald’s Business Unit Leader and Chief Sustainability Officer, OSI Group and Charlie Arnot, CEO, Center for Food Integrity, explained March 4 during “Defend and Deflect No More: Building Trust in Animal Program,” at the 2020 Annual Meat Conference, held in Nashville, Tennessee.

Eco-conscious packaging is one way the egg industry can show consumers they value sustainability and the environment.

Perdue Farms announced that its Lewiston, North Carolina, operation is now GreenCircle Zero Waste to Landfill certified. This means 100% of the waste materials leaving the facility are diverted from landfill via GreenCircle’s acceptable means of diversion such as reuse, recycling, or incineration for energy, also known as waste-to-energy.

To help meet the protein needs of a growing global population, Perdue Farms is partnering with the Pennsylvania State University Center for the Business of Sustainability as a founding member.

A new computational modelling technique could help maximize the economic return on anaerobic digestion systems and other farm-based sustainable energy projects.

Bringing artificial intelligence into poultry farms could help to improve bird performance, reduce waste and costs and address consumer concerns.

First-of-its-kind research finds wastewater from poultry processing plant damages creeks’ ability to absorb, recover from pollution.

People who are opposed to animal agriculture have for a long time pointed their fingers at the industry for its harmful impact on the environment and have claimed that it is largely responsible for global warming.

Consumers want the companies that produce the meat and poultry they eat to be sustainable, but they don’t necessarily know which companies fit that description.

A growing number of consumers are taking steps to curtail the amount of single-use plastic in their lives because of sustainability and climate change concerns.