Farmland Foods Makes Award Donations to Living Lands and Waters, Pheasants Forever
Posted on: Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 15:00 CST
MONMOUTH, Ill., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmland Foods announced today that it is sharing proceeds it received from a recent environmental award with two non-profit organizations, Living Lands and Waters and Pheasants Forever.
In a ceremony at Farmland's Monmouth plant, 1220 N. 6th Street, the company donated $1,500 to Living Lands and Waters, headquartered in East Moline, to further the organization's commitment to raising environmental awareness regarding the protection, preservation and restoration of the country's major rivers and watersheds.
Farmland also donated $1,500 to the local chapter of Pheasants Forever to help with its goal of protecting and enhancing pheasants and other wildlife through habitat improvement, public awareness, education and advocacy for sound management.
Farmland's Monmouth facility received the Smithfield Foods Environmental Excellence Award for Energy and Water Conservation after implementing a water conservation project that reduced the plant's water usage by more than 1.8 million gallons a year. The savings resulted when equipment, which previously had been cooled by water, was replaced with newer, air-cooled technology.
"Our employees take their environmental stewardship responsibilities very seriously, and they decided it would be a good idea to share their award with two very deserving environmental organizations," said Tim Schellpeper, senior vice president of operations for Farmland Foods. "We're very proud of our employees for their dedication, hard work and spirit of service."
Farmland Foods, founded in 1959, is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., of Smithfield, Va. Farmland is headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., and has about 6,300 employees at its operations in Monmouth, Ill.; Crete, Neb.; Denison and Carroll, Iowa; Wichita, Kan.; New Riegel, Ohio; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Springfield, Mass. Farmland processes fresh and frozen pork products for national retail and foodservice markets, with a strong concentration in the Midwest. Farmland serves an international commodity, foodservice and retail market in Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe.
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CONTACT: Beth Andersen of Charleston|Orwig, Inc., +1-262-352-2430, or+1-262-563-5100, or bandersen@charlestonorwig.com
Source: PRNewswire
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