These fountains are on the sprawling ConAgra campus in the area along the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska which use to be called "Jobbers Canyon," a collection of historic brick buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. These buildings were raised to build this campus for ConAgra. This is a processed food company which has a history of producing tainted food. In July 2002 they produced and then recalled 19 million pounds of tainted ground beef, the third largest recall in history. In February 2007 they recalled Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter tainted with salmonella which was distributed to 47 states. And in October 2007 ConAgra pulled Banquet brand turkey pot pies from stores across the nation as a result of one-hundred fifty two known cases of salmonella poisoning. The fountains are pretty to look at, but I would recommend against tasting them.
I know this area well. Love to visit the riverfront and all the parks when visiting my sister in Omaha.
ReplyDeleteThere is a food distribution program (I will not name) where you purchase a month's worth of frozen meals with some fresh produce for a small fixed amount of money. A lot of churches in my area participate in this program to help struggling families . I used to recommend this to people I knew that were having a hard time making ends meet until I learned that all the generic packaged frozen meals were put together by ConAgra from the leftovers of other product lines. There were rumors for a while that caused me some concerns about the safety of these products so I stopped referring people to the program.
I did not know about this ConAgra program. Thank you for posting this information. Apparently management has little concern about food safety, and I know they have had labor difficulties as well.
DeleteEven the ducks and geese plus the squirrels along the river were smart enough not to drink from this fountain. There is a reason you won't find any fish in it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fountains and quite sad story!
ReplyDeleteYes VP, the campus of ConAgra is beautiful, but the company hides some ugly realities. If possible it is good to eat locally grown, fresh food.
DeleteIt's a beautiful sight. And I've heard all the stories about ConAgra, which I'm sure are true as the company seems rather casual about their processing fidelity.
ReplyDeleteI was born in Omaha, but don't seem to remember much about it! Well, hey, it was a long time ago and I was really little.
I like how in the photo #2 the lights show even though it;s daylight.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fountain, the 2nd shot is my preferred.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you and Andy in liking the second photo. The evening light was fine.
DeleteBeautiful photos but a very sad story. I had no idea Con Agra was such an irresponsible or unlucky citizen. Also, how did they manage to get permission to destroy a historic district?
ReplyDeleteI suspect the corporate culture at ConAgra is to save money and cut corners to maintain a strong bottom line. Large scale processed food is not sustainable, and ConAgra's continuing string of problems is just the top of that ice burg. We are all just waiting for the next food crisis, and it will come. They are not just "unlucky." Their business is filled with potential problems.
DeleteGlad my husband sold his stock in that company some years ago. I don't want to make money off a company like that. Still wondering how they could raze an historic district. We saw how the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers put forth a high-dollar campaign to get the citizens of Arlington to buy both stadiums.
DeleteI wish it was still historic brick buildings. Progress?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fountains but I hate the loss of historic buildings.
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