SUCCESS STORY 50 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2023 Environmental Sustainability Programme (ESP) in 2018, which strives to include everyone on the journey to improved sustainability. “If we want to move the dial on our sustainability journey, engaging people… is absolutely critical in getting them on board,” Atkinson said. “Every single person on every one of our sites is involved in the work that goes on from an ESP perspective.” This idea of collaborating on the common goal of protecting the Earth aligns perfectly with Alltech’s vision of Working Together for a Planet of Plenty™, which is what led Noble Foods to become a Planet of Plenty™ partner with Alltech. Through this partnership, Alltech and Noble Foods are working together to determine how to improve the performance of poultry flocks and increase the profitability of poultry production in ways that are good for the planet. Toward that end, Noble Foods has conducted several trials studying various ways that the poultry industry could become more sustainable. These trials have included: • A study with EnviroPak, which combines multiple Alltech Gut Health technologies into one solution • An assessment of the efficacy of soya-free rations • A comparison of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of white and brown chickens IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY WITH ENVIROPAK The main goal of the EnviroPak trial was to determine whether providing birds with solutions that support their gut health, like those from Alltech, can lead to more efficient production — or even better-quality eggs. The results of the trial, which was conducted on one of Noble Foods’ major hen operations, were overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to the improved bioavailability and absorption of the solutions included in EnviroPak, hens in the trial group exhibited a dramatic decrease in mineral excretion and an increase in efficiency. The hens being provided with EnviroPak were also able to produce more eggs than the control group over the same period of time — and the eggs were of a higher quality, with better weight and shell strength. This was particularly notable, as being able to sell more class-A eggs shows producers that sustainability is not only achievable but profitable. “Nothing’s more engaging than telling someone that they’re going to make money,” Atkinson noted wryly. ASSESSING SOYA-FREE RATIONS While soya has traditionally been a prominent ingredient in poultry rations, there’s a marked difference in the GHG emissions of rations that include
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