NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2025 27 The annual Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit offered key insights on collaboration and attaining realizable sustainability goals in addition to hearing the latest on how the meat, poultry and egg, and animal feed industries are advancing their sustainability programs. The summit was held during IPPE 2025. The summit began with a keynote panel providing restaurant insights into sustainability and collaboration. The panel included PJ Newcomb, Sustainability Director working with Golden State Foods; Bryan Valladares, Senior Sustainability Analyst at Darden Restaurants; and Lankford Ruffin, Director of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at Butterball LLC. The panel discussion covered topics such as animal welfare, carbon emissions, feed production footprint, and collaboration between customers, producers and suppliers. PJ Newcomb remarked that “Sustainability is a journey, not a destination” and that rules and requirements change frequently. Bryan Valladares said that “Collaboration is key between producers and suppliers,” while Lankford Ruffin stated that “It is important for retailers to know where we are going.” After the panel discussion, representatives from the meat, poultry and egg, and animal feed industries provided updates on their programs and tools aimed at advancing sustainable protein production. Read more>> Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit highlights realizable goals Supplant D The third generation of fiber • Lowers E. coli colonization • Improves feed conversion ratio • Optimizes for health & profitability • Increases piglet performance agrimprove.com Vitafibra
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