“Vital Farms has a passionate organization of team members, like Robert, who are continually challenged to maintain the best standards while advancing our purpose of improving the lives of people, animals and the planet through food. Robert’s experience goes beyond a simple understanding of quality: “He has helped us build an entire culture of food protection and establish certain protection criteria for each and every Vital Farms egg that reaches people’s tables,” said Russell Diez-Canseco, president and CEO of Vital Farms. “We are proud of this popularity, which celebrates the commitment of Robert and our entire team to raising the bar for food manufacturing. “
In his role, Clark leads a dynamic team of 21 food protection and quality control professionals who oversee the safe processing of eggs from the company’s network of more than 300 family farms through its award-winning facility, Egg Central Station (ECS). , in Springfield, MO. Up to 6 million eggs per day pass from farms to sorting, washing, and packaging at ECS before being delivered to grocery store shelves and restaurant menus across the country. ECS is one of Vital Farms’ many tactics as it continues to build a resilient food formula with its preservation characteristics, adding complex water filtration and bioretention formulas, solar energy panels and LED lighting, zero-waste production to landfills, and the highest standards of protection and quality.
ECS is an SQF certified facility and the world’s egg facility to earn SQFI Select Site certification, indicating that ECS has voluntarily selected to go through annual unannounced recertification audits through SQFI. ECS recently underwent a SQF food protection and quality audit which earned the facility an excellent score with a score of 98%. This score is a direct result of the Clark team’s committed efforts in food protection and quality.
ABOUT VITAL FARMSVital Farms (Nasdaq: VITL), a certified B Corporation, offers a diversity of ethically produced foods across the country. Vital Farms, which started on a single farm in Austin, Texas, in 2007, is now a national customer working with more than 300 family farms and is America’s leading pasture-raised egg brand in terms of retail sales. The ethos of Vital Farms is exemplified through its emphasis on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition, as Delaware’s public benefit corporation, Vital Farms prioritizes the long-term benefits of each of its stakeholders, including farmers and suppliers, customers, communities and the environment, as well as team members and shareholders. Vital Farms products, which include shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs and liquid eggs in total, are sold at approximately 24,000 retail outlets nationwide. Vital Farms’ pasture-raised eggs can also be found on the menus of many foodservice operators across the country. For more information, scale in https://vitalfarms. com/.
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Media: Rob DischerRob. Discher@vitalfarms. com
Investors: Anna Kate HellerVitalFarms@icrinc. com