The hour discussion is an opportunity to talk about the current state of hunger in America, share personal stories, and brainstorm how both companies and individuals can be involved in solving the problem.

We encourage you to submit questions you would like to see addressed in the discussion and to share any personal stories about the effects of hunger with us this week leading up to the event.

To participate, follow @SmithfieldCSR on Twitter and tweet using #SFDHunger. Those of you unable to make this event are encouraged to submit your questions using the interactive Q & A function on this site found here or check out how we are already involved in hunger relief here. 

Looking forward to the discussion! 

Here are some highlights of the events sponsored:

• Animex sponsored events at eight different locations which included over 350 participants.
• The Farmland Monmouth plant has participated every year, and this year (as in years past) they sponsored two events at local middle/junior high schools.
• The John Morrell/Armour-Eckrich plant in Junction City had a program for over 20 teachers and 80 kids! They had a water-monitoring station, a water analysis station, a leaf rubbing station, a nature station, and an environmental scavenger hunt. All this was followed by grilling out some of their product and handing out WWMD t-shirts.

Thanks to Ferme, AgriPlus, Animex, Stefano’s, Murphy-Brown, Smithfield Packing, Farmland, and John Morrell for sponsoring events this year. We think it was a great success, and look forward to next year’s sampling.