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Table of Contents FTSLA Member Resource Kit Now Available Register for Organicology 2009; Portland, OR Hybrid Truck Trechonology Arrives in Organic Produce Industry FTSLA Member Networking Meeting - Jan 24 at 2009 Eco-Farm Conference How to Set up a "Green" Trade Show Display
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Member Resource Kit Now Available Member Resource Kit is now available! We have compiled a 50+ page "tool kit" that has practical ideas for creating a sustainability plan for your business, tools for measuring and driving improvements, organizing a "green team, online resources and more. It contains recommended team exercises and provides a road-map for the implementation process. A group of sustainability professionals helped to compile and edit the guide based on their organizing experiences. Whether you are launching a new initiative or are well underway, this Resource Guide will provide insight and information that can help you make progress. The Resource Guide is available for FTSLA members at no charge. Please contact our office to obtain a copy. |
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Register now for Organicology: A Study of a Sustainable Food Future | ||
Hybrid Truck Technology Arrives in Organic Produce Hybrid electric heavy-duty trucks have begun the reach the commercial market. Two organic produce companies have been early to embrace and test out this new technology. In 2008, Organically Grown Company began making produce deliveries in Portland, OR in a Kenworth T300 hybrid-electric truck. The truck saves 10-30% on fuel and has 30,000 gross vehicle weight capacity. In addition, the new truck runs is 99% biodiesel blend soured primarily from used-cooking oil. More recently, Veritable Vegetable, a San Francisco based organic produce distributor road tested a medium-duty hybrid electric truck and a class C heavy-duty Kenworth T660 aerodynamic long-haul. Both trucks have been certified by the EPA's SMARTWAY emissions reduction program for features such as a "clean idle" diesel particulate filtration system, battery powered bunk heaters, regenerative break drive and aerodynamic design that reduce fuel consumption and emissions. "With pioneering technology like this we can begin to explore technological possibilities for a foreign-oil free future. And, by having control over our fuel production then we can really begin to focus on how to significantly reduce our greenhouse gas footprint which is very important as a distributor committed to sustainability", says OGC's Transportation Manager Chris Petrick. |
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Join Us for FTSLA Members Networking Meeting In this special two-hour session connect with your peers to discuss strategies for how to create and implement a successful sustainability plan. Discuss the key indicators used to drive improved organizational performance. Find out about the best practices in sustainability reporting, receive tools for assessing your businesses environmental and social performance. This meeting is free and open to FTSLA Members, a light breakfast will be provided. |
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How to Set Up a "Green" Trade Show Display There are approximately 1.2 million meetings in the U.S. every year, and the industry has been coined an "Industry of disposability". How can companies committed to sustainability demonstrate their values in a trade show display? Consider the zero-waste hierarchy when choosing how to set up your trade booth: First seek to Reduce and Reuse: Then seek to Recycle and/or Compost: |
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Natalie Reitman-White, Executive Director |
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