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The Greening of Fedco The products we sell make the world greener. Jolted into greater awareness by the peak oil crisis, we authorized a committee to evaluate proposals and develop recommendations for reducing our energy use to make our own internal operations greener. We conducted an internal audit in the following eight categories: intrucking supplies, shipping orders, commuting to work, electricity use, propane use, packaging, waste stream generation and pickup orders. We have implemented proposals to green our operation such as: • Take advantage of a free walk-through energy audit offered by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. • Eliminate the 5% pickup discount for seed orders because it is more energy-efficient for us to ship these orders to you through UPS or through the postal service than for you to drive to us to pick them up. You are still welcome to come visit us and pick up orders. • Switch our electricity consumption from the CMP standard offer (27% nuclear, 14% coal, 24% natural gas, 9% oil, 38% not identified) to Maine-generated hydropower offered through Maine Clean Power. This cleaner power will cost us an additional 3¢ per kwh, about $2,000 extra per year, but we feel it is worth it. • Implement efficient ordering habits to avoid unnecessary shipping. • Develop similar energy saving initiatives wherever posible. |
Fedco Seeds, PO Box 520, Waterville, ME 04903
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Fedco Seeds Inc.
November 29, 2011
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