Company Background
Perdue Farms is a fourth-generation, family owned, U.S. food and agriculture company celebrating 100 years in business in 2020. Through our belief in responsible food and agriculture, we are empowering consumers, customers and farmers through trusted choices in products and services.
The PERDUE® brand is the number-one brand of fresh chicken in the U.S., and the company is the leader in organic chicken in the U.S., and Perdue AgriBusiness is an international agricultural products and services company. Our path forward is about getting better, not just bigger. We never use drugs for growth promotion in raising poultry and livestock, and we are actively advancing our animal welfare programs. Our brands are leaders in no-antibiotics-ever chicken, turkey and pork, and in USDA-certified organic chicken.
Ashton Weller, Wastewater Manager, and the recycle team in Lewiston, North Carolina
Why We Chose GreenCircle
“The certification is important because it aligns with our vision to be the most trusted name in food and agriculture products and our goal to be good environmental stewards. It also continues our decades-long track record of environmental stewardship and responsible management of our resources. Our waste diversion goal is ambitious, and we chose GreenCircle because they have the most rigorous certification available on the market. As a company Perdue is focused on continuous improvement, and Lewiston is just the beginning. We are planning to have four additional facilities go through the audit and certification process by the end of 2022.”
— Drew Getty, Vice President of Sustainability
Perdue Recycle Team Member Cliff Smallwood with film packaging that gets separated in order to reduce waste, cost, and contamination in the cardboard recycled stream
Number of GreenCircle Certifications
2
Perdue Farms has achieved 2 GreenCircle Zero Waste to Landfill Certifications.
Sustainability
Sustainability Contact
Drew Getty
Vice President of Sustainability