Most of what we eat is perishable—it would melt or decompose if it was not consumed within a few hours or days. The system of climate controlled spaces, mobile and fixed, enables our food to move the great distances between farm, factory, and fridge, in a national system of distribution known as the Cold Chain.
This map explores food production in the United States, based on the major components of our diet, from the vegetable packing houses in the field to the grocery store freezer aisles, and the various production, processing, and distribution points in-between. All the sites on this map relate to perishable foods that are sustained by refrigeration and freezing. While by no means exhaustive, the map covers the subject on a selective, but national scale.
Distribution
Wal-Mart Distribution Center #7084
Kroger Headquarters
Ralphs Riverside Distribution Center
Safeway Tracy Distribution Center
Albertson’s Brea Distribution Center
Supervalu Hopkins Distribution Center
Associated Food Stores Farr West Warehouse
Associated Wholesale Grocers Springfield Warehouse
Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market
Hunts Point Wholesale Market
US Foods Allentown Distribution Center
Sysco Las Vegas Distribution Center
Tyson Meats Russellville Freezer
Port of Wilmington
Atlas Cold Storage Shelbyville
Zero Mountain Cold Storage Cavern
U.S. Cold Storage, Tulare
Preferred Freezer Elizabeth
Millard Cold Storage
Interstate Warehousing Franklin
Hanson Logistics Hobart
Americold Underground
Americold Fogelsville
Americold Jefferson
Americold Belvidere
Americold Westgate
Central Refrigerated Services Headquarters and Truck Yard
Marten Transportation Headquarters
C. R. England Global Transportation Headquarters and Truck Yard
Processed
Kettle Creations Lima
Boston Beer Company Fogelsville Plant
Richelieu Foods Beaver Dam
Little Lady Foods
Ruiz Foods Plant
Tofurkey Plant
On-Cor Fort Atkinson Plant
Schwan Foods
Kraft Fullerton Foods
Kraft Foods Upper Macungie Plant
Nestle Pizza Division Headquarters
Nestle Hot Pockets Plant Chatsworth
Nestle Processed Foods Headquarters
ConAgra Troy Food Plant
ConAgra Indianapolis Food Plant
ConAgra Russellville Food Plant
ConAgra Council Bluffs Food Plant
ConAgra Marshall Food Plant
ConAgra Headquarters
Oscar Mayer Headquarters
Tyson Fayetteville Complex
Pinnacle Foods Headquarters
Cargill Headquarters
Dairy
Kraft Foods Springfield Plant
Kraft Foods Headquarters
Land O'Lakes Headquarters
Sargento Cheese Kiel Plant
Land O'Lakes Kiel Cheese Plant
Leprino Cheese Plant
Schrieber Cheese Logan Plant
Schrieber Cheese Fairview Plant
Cabot's Cheese Cabot Plant and Visitor Center
Cabot's Cheese Middlebury Plant
Tilamook Cheese Plant
Ben And Jerry’s Ice Cream Plant
Ben And Jerry’s Original Ice Cream Factory
Dreyer's Ice Cream Bakersfield Plant
Dannon Yogurt West Jordan Plant
Dannon Yogurt Minster Plant
Compton Creamery
Alta Dena Dairy
Fair Oaks Farms
Dean Foods Headquarters
Glambia Cheese Gooding Plant
Bettencourt Dairy
Chobani Twin Falls Yogurt Plant
Meat
Rose Acre Guthrie Center Egg Farm
Port of Empire and Venice
Port of Reedville
Port of Dutch Harbor
Advanced Fresh Concepts Headquarters
Gorton's Gloucester Plant and Headquarters
Frionur Seafood New Bedford Plant
Eastern Fisheries Scallop Plant
Hormel Austin Plant and Headquarters
Jenny O Turkey
West Liberty Foods Original Turkey Plant
Butterball Turkey Mount Olive Plant
Smithfield Pork Tar Heel Plant
Tyson Council Bluffs Meat Plant
Tyson Logansport Meat Plant
Mar-Jac Poultry
Pilgrim's Pride Plant
Tyson Chicken Noel Plant
Tyson Foods Headquarters
Golden State Foods
Vernon Meat Company
Master Purveyors
American Foods Group East River Plant
Greater Omaha Packing Company
Cactus Beef Plant
Tyson Beef Amarillo Plant
Cargill Schuyler Meatpacking Plant
Vegetables
Golden Peanut Ashburn Plant
Peanut Monument
Earthbound Farms San Juan Bautista Plant
Birds Eye Foods Darien Plant
Pictsweet Santa Maria Plant
Inn Foods Castroville
Dandy Cooling Salinas Plant
Mann's Packing Salinas Plant
Ocean Mist Farms Castroville
Bonipak Santa Maria Plant
Grimmway Farms Weedpatch Carrot Plant
River Point Farms Hermiston Onion Packing Plant
Fresh Express Salinas Plant
Lamb Weston Hermiston Potato Plant
Lamb Weston Boardman Potato Plant
Ore-Ida Ontario Potato Plant
Simplot Nampa Potato Plant
Simplot Caldwell Potato Plant
Fruit
Westside Produce Firebaugh Packing Plant
Guimarra Reedley Fruit Packing Plant
Sun World Coachella Packing Plant
Sunrise Growers-Frozsun Foods Santa Maria Plant
Driscoll's Strawberries Watsonville
Dole Fruit Oxnard Strawberry Plant
Banana Distributors of New York
Coast Tropical Los Angeles Banana Ripening Facility
Del Monte Terminal Port of Hueneme
Cutrale Leesburg Citrus Plant
Minute Maid Plymouth R&D Center
Florida’s Natural Lake Wales Plant
Citrosuco Lake Wales Plant
Tropicana Bradenton Juice Plant
Tropicana Greenville Depot