Month: January 2026

Highlights From The 2026 International Rendering Symposium

Posted on by Anna

The 2026 International Rendering Symposium was held on January 29th in conjunction with the International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta and sponsored by the North American Renderers Association (NARA) and the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. It brought together global leaders from rendering, animal agriculture, sustainability, and communications to tackle a few main challenges in the rendering industry: how to clearly and passionately explain the value of rendering to a world increasingly disconnected from

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How Does Rendering Create a Sustainable Environment?

Posted on by nara-primediany

  These days, you can’t open a newspaper or turn on the TV without seeing a story about the environment and sustainability – and the practice of rendering can provide solutions to benefit both. What is rendering? Rendering is a process to reclaim and reuse animal agriculture resources responsibly, reduce food waste, and find important uses for meat by-products. It takes leftover materials from animal processing, such as fat, bones, and other materials, and reuses

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