Our favorite month of the year is finally here and we want to celebrate with you! It’s National Salad Month and we’re pulling out all of the stops! You can look forward to tips and recipes on how to put your best salads forward with fresh, tasty and healthy inspiration to keep you living your best life. Plus we have partnered with only the best salad sidekicks around to bring you tasty giveaways – stay tuned on our social channels.
Want to show off your sweet salad skills? Make sure to tag @yourtaylorfarms and #GoToGreens in your salad creations for the chance to be featured on our feed!
Hi everyone! Gabrielle from Eat Drink Shrink here. As an MS Clinical Nutritionist, and almost 7 months pregnant, cooking full time has its perks! There is always food in the fridge, and food on the table. However, you can easily find yourself burnt out, lacking the energy to cook or worst of all ingredients go to waste.
For both of these reasons I have a few nutrient packed go-to’s that never fail to disappoint and mitigate waste. One of them, is relying on the Taylor Farms Chopped Salad Kits!! Not only are the varieties all encompassing and packed with modern greens such as kale, but they are portioned out so that nothing goes to waste and you don’t have to chop or measure anything.
I love this variety most as kale can be tedious to prep, ultimately saving you time and energy and this particular green holds up for longer when pre packaged compared to others. Everything comes in individual pockets so that if you don’t desire various toppings you can skip them altogether and you can top with whatever protein you like!
When it comes to recipe hacks with this particular blend, you can incorporate these salads to top off a sandwich, throw into a pita with a little hummus, sauté the greens with a little of the provided dressing, or you seamlessly toss in some plant based protein with quinoa or chickpeas to make the dish more filling.
Whether you’re searching for effortless meal solutions or need a modern ready made salad for a gathering, Taylor Farms offers countless Chopped Salad Kit options!
At Taylor Farms, we are committed to preserving a healthy world for future generations. In addition to our renewable and alternative energy initiatives, we also focus on waste reduction in our journey to reduce our carbon footprint.
Just last year, Taylor Farms became the first-ever fresh food company to achieve TRUE Platinum certification for Zero Waste. To receive this certification, our Director of Sustainability Nicole Flewell and our Gonzales ‘Green Team,’ launched the Zero Waste program with the goal of reducing incoming materials, reusing existing materials when possible, and recycling what remains throughout the facility, achieving a 94% diversion from landfills. We have decreased landfill contribution by 56%, reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 30,923 MTCO2E, which is equivalent to taking 6,510 cars off the road annually. In addition, Team Taylor worked with our growing partners to move to 100% reusable bins and totes, eliminating all single use and wax cartons from the supply chain.
Addressing food accessibility and providing nutritional resources to those in need is an important part of our mission. Each year, we donate over 5 million lbs. of fresh produce to local food banks and charitable organizations, including Ag Against Hunger, Brighter Bites, Salvation Army and Weekend Food Security Programs. Vegetable by-products generated through processing are recycled by third party companies who utilize it for animal feed and compost. We also help reduce food waste in your homes with our value-added products, like Chopped Salad Kits and Stir Fry Kits, which are perfectly portioned, so you can use every part of the product to make something healthy and delicious, without any food being thrown away!
Water is an increasingly scarce resource and is essential to our business. We are continuously pursuing ways we can decrease our water usage in our journey providing safe and wholesome fresh foods. When it comes to water in the field, we have seen a widespread shift in the past 5 years from furrow irrigation to drip irrigation, which helps farmers reduce the amount of water needed to nourish their crops.
In our facilities, we are piloting different technologies, including flow meters and variable frequency drives, which help us better control and conserve our water usage in our facilities. At our facility in Salinas, California, we have added collection lines which decreases overall water consumption by 12.5%. The addition of SmartWash® to our system allows us to maximize our wash water, using 10% less water than standard produce wash systems. SmartWash not only conserves water and improves food safety, but also utilizes less energy to deliver the same safe, high quality products you expect from us. Certified by the USDA, SmartWash is the most advanced food safety wash enhancer in the world.
International Women’s Day may have passed, but across every part of Taylor Farms, women are making a strong impact to push our organization to new heights. We empower women in our company, by giving them equal opportunities to learn new capabilities, to grow within our company and secure leadership roles. We believe that our industry’s entire supply chain benefits when we develop and leverage the talents and passion of our female colleagues.
Stay tuned on our social channels this week as we launch a three part video series celebrating three talented women at Taylor Farms whose perseverance and vision drive their professional success.
