Kettle Foods
by on 04.13.05
Woah — this company is pretty darn sustainable. Kettle Foods in Salem, Oregon makes potato and tortilla chips. They run their fleet of company vehicles on biodiesel which they make from their own safflower and sunflower cooking oils. Their factory runs completely on solar power — they have 600 solar panels set on roof-mounted racks, to run their plant with 120,000kWh of electricity per year. They have a wide selection of fully organic chips. Now what about some bioplastic packaging — OK that's asking for a lot in the current market!
:: Kettle Foods [by Justin Thomas]
Excellent!
Simple solution to the plastic problem: Use the glycerin from making the biodiesel and recycled paper products to make wax-paper bags printed with soy ink.
That's about the only way these chips could get any greener that doesn't involve organic food dyes.
Wow! I've been eating these for years, and I didn't know this...
Finally, a product you blog that is available in the UK! I love these crisps, and Like Ben, didn't know they were /that/ Green. Good to know.
It's nice to see my "buy organic" dollars being well spent.
Vote with your dollars! If you like the Kettle story, you will also like this guy's story:
http://www.chocolatebar.com/