Employees

It’s official now—congratulations are in order for our own Henry Morris for making the cover of the April issue of Meat & Poultry. Read More

We received some great news recently when McDonald’s announced that we were picked as one of its 2012 Global Best of Sustainable Supply Chain winners for our ongoing efforts to protect the health and safety of our employees. We are one of only 51 recipients from more than 400 worldwide entries. We applaud our employees for their ongoing commitment to safety and helping us achieve a record that regularly outperforms OSHA benchmarks for the meatpacking industry. See our full award entry here.

Raymond Price, an Environmental Coordinator here at Smithfield Foods, will be spending 11 days of his summer on a mission to help people in Kenya this July.

Ray will travel to Karima, Kenya, to be with members of the Kikuyu tribe. Along with other youth leaders and the 410 Bridge group, the group’s focus will be to expand an existing water project by building a water distribution system. This will allow the people of Karima to have greater access to clean and safe drinking water.

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Once again it seems like the holiday season is upon us faster than ever. Being that it’s the season of giving, we’d like to slow down and take this opportunity to thank all of our employees for the hard work and commitment they give to our company every day.

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Brian Paulsen is officially manager of environmental affairs for Premium Standard Farms (PSF), but his job requires much more than management skills. In order to meet the challenges inherent in modern agriculture, Brian, in essence, becomes a farmer, scientist, weather forecaster, businessman, and environmentalist, depending on the situation. Read More

What do you do with your vacation time? Take a trip to the beach? Get some much needed house/yard work done? Go see family? John Tignor, corporate director of health, safety, and security for Smithfield Foods, used his vacation time just a couple weeks ago to help the victims of the recent tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri. John has spent the majority of his life involved in emergency medical care and response, and has a passion for helping people receive high quality care when injuries or emergencies occur, but also for ensuring that these types of injuries happen as infrequently as possible here at Smithfield Foods. Read More

Caring for animals is at the core of what we do here at Smithfield, and it is personally important to our employees as well. One great example of an employee with a passion for animals in his professional and personal life is Henry Morris, senior corporate vice president for operations and engineering. When not on the clock, and when not spending time with his wife or his furry best friend Bandit, he spends time serving on the executive board of the Peninsula SPCA in Southeast Virginia. Read More

Smithfield is proud to recognize Farmland Foods for making a concerted effort to preserve the environment while at the same time assisting its employees. One way they are achieving this goal is through Environmental Scholarships for high school seniors. Read More