The Food & Beverage Environmental Conference (FBEC) investigates the latest trends and innovations affecting water reuse, supply chain challenges, air quality, sustainability, and more, in the food and beverage industry. The networking and educational sessions at the conference allow attendees to learn, share, and discuss their experiences, thoughts, and techniques for industrial sustainable methods.
This event encourages attendance, whether you are a craft brewery or distillery, pet food maker, grocery store or are involved in nutrition, farming, food and beverage processing, transportation, distribution, preparation, supply chain management, EHS, sustainability or wastewater solutions.
This year’s hot topics include renewable natural gas (RNG), air quality, regulatory updates, enforcement & compliance case studies, compliance best practices, sustainability, stormwater, food waste, hazardous and regulated waste, water reuse, and wastewater.
Enforcement Horror Stories
Monday, March 27 | 6 – 8 p.m.
Co-Chair: Jeff VanVoorhis, Vice President of Project Development
Join Jeff VanVoorhis, Vice President of Project Development, as he co-chairs a session that shares the trials and tribulations of compliance and regulatory matters.
Jeff will share the stage with Josh Milleson of Land O’ Lakes, Gary Yakub of Environmental Standards, Inc., and Patrick Tieg of Johnsonville Sausage. Hear them talk about laboratory and food processing facility horror stories and the lessons they have learned!
Renewable Natural Gas
Wednesday, March 29 | 8 – 9 a.m.
Co-Chair: Annie Weidert, Project Manager
See Annie Weidert, Project Manager, co-chair a session that shares knowledge on renewable natural gas and discusses how it can be implemented at food and beverage facilities.
Annie Weidert will be joined by Mark Ritsema of JBS Foods, Bernie Sheff of Montrose Environmental, Jody Anderson of NLC Energy, and Mike Land of Virentis Advisors. Together, they will have a conversation about how RNG can be produced from food and beverage facilities and how it is changing the industry to make operations more sustainable.
