
Kent Swisher Named President and CEO of the North American Renderers Association
He will also serve as President of the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF), the rendering industry’s research organization, and take on the role of secretariat of the WRO (the organization representing the rendering industry worldwide).
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Cattle Rendering is an Unsung Sustainability Success Story
Without the rendering industry, U.S. landfills would be at capacity in just four years. That’s according to Kent Swisher, the president and CEO of the North American Renderers Association.
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Rendering and Leather Reduce Environmental Impact
The rendering and leather industries come into their own in ways that reduce environmental impact, benefit the economy and are, most probably, the ultimate in sustainability.
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North American Renderers Association
Since 1933, the North American Renderers Association (NARA) has been helping the rendering industry grow, advance, and become leaders in recycling and sustainability. The rendering industry consists of more than three-dozen firms operating more than 200 plants across the U.S. and Canada.
From the slaughter of more than 150 million head of cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep and more than 55 billion pounds of poultry annually, an enormous amount of byproducts are transformed into nearly 20 billion pounds of highly valuable feed and industrial products in the form of various types of fats and proteins. Rendering is a green industry that protects the environment by recycling carbon and energy and allowing items such as byproducts to be utilized as valuable pet or livestock feed ingredients or biodiesel rather than entering a landfill. Rendering is the most efficient and environmentally sound disposal alternative and has a low carbon footprint.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Render: Tackling Food Loss
By David Green, U.S. Sustainability Alliance, November 3, 2018 In the November issue of European Supermarket Magazine (ESM), USSA’s David Green tackled the issue of food waste. At a time […]
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Animal Feed Consumption, February 2025
February 2025. The latest trends in animal feed consumption and sustainability across U.S. livestock, poultry and aquaculture.
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More than a Third of U.S. Animal Diets Include “Circular” Ingredients
In 2023, U.S. livestock, poultry and farmed aquaculture consumed nearly 284 million tons of feed. Beef cattle consumed the largest share, and aquaculture led the way in using “circular” ingredients - byproducts from other industries.
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Meet USSA in the UK, Germany, Belgium and Spain This October!
U.S. Sustainability Alliance (USSA) members will be championing sustainability at events across Europe this October. They’ll be exhibiting at the ANUGA trade show in Cologne, speaking at Food Integrity Global […]
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Coronavirus Crisis Leads to Mountains of Food Waste
The shutdown of the foodservice industry due to coronavirus is creating mountains of food waste from the supplies once destined for restaurants, schools and other outlets. Food waste is already […]
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