SMITHFIELD FOODS TO BUILD $20 MILLION UTAH BIODIESEL PROJECT.

Industrial Environment,  April, 2003  

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Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), Smithfield, Va., will invest $20 million to build a facility that converts swine waste into biodiesel vehicle fuel. Smithfield will be the major partner in BEST BioFuel, LLC, a partnership that will construct the project at Smithfield-owned swine production facilities near Milford, Utah.

"Livestock waste can be a source of clean, renewable vehicle fuel," said Robert F. Urell, Smithfield senior vice president, engineering and environmental affairs.

The facility will be constructed at Circle Four Farms, a state-of-the-art operation ...

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