Minimizing our impact on the environment. As a grower-owned
cooperative, we rely on the environment for our livelihoods. So
it makes sense for us to want to minimize our environmental
impact by, applying sustainable practices to everything we do.
Not only do we intend to meet or exceed existing environmental
regulations, we are also continually refining plans to reduce
packaging, ingredient, and product waste and therefore prevent
and reduce pollution at its source. And we are working to
address water, air, solid waste and hazardous material
environmental issues throughout our operations, every day. What
We Are Doing Today Here are A few of the many things we are
doing right now to reduce our environmental footprint: - We use
every part of every apple. The peels and cores left over from
apple sauce and slice production go to cider mills for juice
pressing. Apple pomace, the pressed apple material from juice
production, ends up as cattle feed. - We send leaves and floor
waste back to the orchards where it’s re