{"id":8907,"date":"2015-07-10T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=8907"},"modified":"2015-07-10T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:14:16","slug":"green-processing-plant-northern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/07\/10\/green-processing-plant-northern-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Water and energy savings at new &#8220;Green&#8221; processing plant for Northern California lamb supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8908\" style=\"width: 568px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/144.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8908\" class=\" wp-image-8908  \" alt=\"Secretary Ross (far right) at the ribbon cutting this week for a new processing plant at Dixon's Superior  Farms. Others in the photo, from left,  Edward Avalos, undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at the USDA; Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez;  and Gary Pfeiffer, Karen Ellis, Jeff Evanson, Rick Stott and Shane MacKenzie, all of Superior Farms. The new plant utilizes green technologies and leverages ergonomics, natural lighting, wind power and water reduction to reduce the company\u2019s carbon footprint.  \" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/144.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (far right) at the ribbon cutting this week for a new processing plant at Dixon&#8217;s Superior Farms. Others in the photo, from left, Edward Avalos, undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at the USDA; Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez; and Gary Pfeiffer, Karen Ellis, Jeff Evanson, Rick Stott and Shane MacKenzie, all of Superior Farms. 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