Shearer’s is a manufacturer of multiple snacks: potato chips, pork rinds, popcorn, sweet biscuits, and other items. The company has factories in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Oregon, Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota and Ontario, with worldwide distribution chains. Consequently, it needs buildings for distribution and manufacturing its products. Apparently , John Picard’s projects all involve an eco-friendly approach in design philosophy, and Shearer’s adopted these ideas into their company as well. Thus, their manufacturing and buildings have multiple ‘green’ attributes: recycling of all used vegetable oil, transition to high efficiency T8 & T5 lighting in Brewster and Lubbock manufacturing sites, recycling wet waste for animal feed, and wastewater management buildings that comply with the EPA’s standards for water waste. The list goes on, thankfully. It is comforting to see at least some companies taking an earth-friendly approach – this planet is the only home we have and we all to a strong degree, must adopt a greener approach to living our lives.

Nice building for a manufacturing plant.