The 3 R's

Calbee started the "Environment Project" in January of 2009. The project's slogan is to "Think Healthy, Act Green." Based on the 3 R's method, we assigned each team member with a specific category. The 3 R's represent 'Reduce', 'Reuse' and 'Recycle'. The first category is "Surplus Product (Reduce and Reuse)." By donating unseasoned product surplus to local farmers, reexamining production operation and by educating employees about product surplus, we are able to reduce our overall waste.

The second category is "Paper (Reduce)." By changing company computers printer settings to 2-side printing, changing workflow to eliminate amount of paper work to print, re-formatting company forms and by educating employees about paper waste, we are able to reduce the amount of paper usage. Category three is "Water (Reduce)." We are currently researching how we can reduce the use of water in our daily production. This project is one of the most difficult; we have to start by reexamining plant cleaning procedures and determine where water misuse is being generated. We hope to have a solution to reduce water usage by the end of 2010.

The fourth category is "Energy / Electricity (Reduce)." By changing office lighting and temperature control settings, changing production operation procedures and by educating employees about how to save electricity, we are able to reduce our electric usage significantly. The last category is another type of energy, "Gas (Reduce)." With production amounts increasing, it is proving challenging to reduce gas usage since most of the usage is related to our production. We are continuing research on how we can reduce the use of gas energy and be more efficient in our use.

Farm to Table - Think Healthy, Act Green

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Here at Farm to Table, we are also passionate to help open communication between our supporters and the companies who have either adopted a more green approach to their products or are in the process of introducing products that recognize the need to be more eco-friendly, healthy and maintain sustainable lifestyles.

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