Natchitoches, LA, Chicken Production Facility
In November 2018, Pilgrim’s Natchitoches donated $10,000 to Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology in thanks for the exceptional work and assistance NSU students and faculty put into an ergonomic project at the local facility. Pilgrim’s received great feedback because of the help of NSU faculty, staff and students. “It’s a wonderful partnership and…
JBS Australia
The JBS Australia production facility in Brooklyn installed two three-phase decanters to improve the performance of the facility’s Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) system and the management of sludge generation. The facility treats up to 4 megaliters (1,000,000 gallons) of wastewater per day, resulting in the generation of 400 kiloliters (106,000 gallons) of sludge in need…
Coucnil Bluffs, IA, Plumrose USA Facility
The Council Bluffs facility is a LEED Silver certified facility that was commissioned in October 2012. In 2013, the plant was recognized as the Sustainable Plant of the Year by Food Engineering magazine for its sustainable design and automated processes. The plant was built with five primary objectives: team member welfare and safety, food safety,…
Pilgrim’s USA
Pilgrim’s upgraded the wastewater treatment facility at the Sumter production facility to remove additional total nitrogen and increase the land application function of the system. The additional wastewater treatment facilities removes more nitrogen and allow for lower nitrogen application rates to be applied to surrounding agriculture fields. This will result in more optimized fertilizer management…
JBS USA Pork
Our pork production plant in Ottumwa has a renewed passion for water reduction. The facility formed a water conservation committee with the mission of making water conservation both visible and actionable throughout the facility. The committee established a water use goal, identified potential conservation projects and developed a list of action items to improve communication…
JBS USA Fed Beef
The JBS USA Fed Beef business unit has focused heavily on reducing the use of water in the production process. In total, the team has implemented or enhanced numerous major water recycling projects, including (but not limited too) a DAF (Dissolved Air Floatation) effluent recycle system, tripe water recycle systems, peracetic acid water recycle systems…
Pilgrim’s
In 2018, Just BARE®, a Pilgrim’s brand committed to providing good food for more people, launched an innovative, 3-D experience to help consumers better understand the versatility of rotisserie chicken. Accessible on Just BARE packaging, the initiative takes a new twist on instructional cooking videos by including Augmented Reality (AR) technology that allows consumers to…
JBS USA Regional Beef
Regional Beef recently received USDA Organic Certification for multiple plants, in efforts to increase organic beef production in 2019. By increasing production, JBS USA Regional Beef quickly became a leading U.S. organic beef producer.
JBS USA Beef
To make our brand information more accessible to customers and our sales teams, our U.S. beef team houses a resource platform containing literature specific to beef brands and production facilities. The resource site also includes a cutting app for our sales teams to deliver instant results in the field during sales calls and competitive cutting.…
Grass Run Farms
In the U.S., we have created an educational program focused on grass fed production. “Experience Nature’s Goodness” is an annual event to give our customers the opportunity for a farm-to-fork experience. The experience provides a deep-dive into domestic and imported grass fed beef production, consumer demand, a full carcass cutting and new product demonstration by…
