Meat & Poultry Honors Henry Morris
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
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In the Media
No Easy Trick to Transition to Open Housing for Sows
In a recent 3-part interview with Southern Farm Network, Don Butler, Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs for Murphy Brown, our livestock production subsidiary, explained the complicated process of converting to open housing for sows and the two approaches being used on company-owned farms.
You can hear more by clicking on the links below:
- http://sfntoday.com/audio/default.aspx?audioID=7433*
- http://sfntoday.com/audio/default.aspx?audioID=7441*
- http://sfntoday.com/audio/default.aspx?audioID=7439*
*A special thanks to SFNtoday and Southern Farm Network for use of their audio links.
March 9, 2012
Knowlton Award Reception
Back in January, Larry Pope, our CEO, was honored with the 2012 Knowlton Award from Meatingplace magazine, a leading industry publication. According to the magazine, the award was given for his “outstanding contributions to the meat industry in the areas of leadership, enterprise, and service.” Read More
Dennis Treacy of Smithfield on Sustainability, Gestation Crates, and More
Ron Hays of the Oklahoma Farm Review spoke with our EVP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Dennis Treacy, at the 2012 Bayer Crop Science Ag Issues Forum, where Dennis was a presenter alongside Suzy Friedman, Deputy Director, Working Lands at the Environmental Defense Fund. Dennis and Ron talked about what sustainability means to Smithfield and what Dennis believes the future of modern farming will look like.
Click here to listen to their conversation.
January 26, 2012
C. Larry Pope, CEO Smithfield Foods, recognized as 2012 Knowlton Award Honoree
C. Larry Pope has been named Meatingplace’s 2012 Knowlton Award honoree for “his outstanding contributions to the industry in the areas of leadership, enterprise and service.” He describes in an interview to the editor the challenges the company has overcome, the industry leadership position they’ve achieved in sustainability, community involvement, growth opportunities, and transforming the company into a “consumer demand-driven packaged meats maker.”
July 6, 2011
Environment
Environment
Local Kids Measure Water in Global Effort
In the July 6, 2011, issue of the St. James Plaindealer, Matt McCabe takes a look at area World Water Monitoring Day activities sponsored by the local Armour-Eckrich Meats plant. “This is good for the kids, good for the community,” notes Plant Manager Terry Kuechle.
You can read this story at stjamesnews.com.
Smithfield Aims to Make Pork the Sustainable White Meat
Smithfield Foods “is slowly emerging as a model for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) throughout the meat processing industry,” writes Leon Kaye on Triple Pundit on May 2, 2011.
You can read this story at triplepundit.com.
Smithfield Foods: Making Sustainability a Core Value
“At Smithfield, we understand that our success as a business hinges on our ability to demonstrate that we are operating appropriately and responsibly,” explains Dennis Treacy, executive vice president, corporate affairs, and chief sustainability officer, in the May 2011 issue of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Member Focus.
In the Media Photos
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Animal Care Committee Meeting
Our animal care committee is comprised of members from across our family of companies with varying areas of expertise related to animal care. They meet quarterly to discuss the care of animals on our farms and at our plants.
Farrowing area
Our animal care committee visited the farrowing area of one of our Midwestern farms. This is where sows give birth and raise piglets until they are 23 days old, when they are weaned. The bar you see here helps to ensure that the sow doesn't accidentally injure her piglets by lying down on them.
"Open Pen" Group Housing
One type of newly-converted gestation housing is called “pen gestation.” In this system, sows are housed in small groups in one communal area. You can see a sow here taking a drink—our sows have access to as much clean water as they choose at all times.
Performing an ultra-sound
Here, a farm worker performs an ultra-sound on a pregnant sow to ensure her piglets are healthy, and that he does not see any developmental issues.
One of our Midwestern farms
This quarter, our animal care committee met near one of our farms in the Midwest, and toured one of our sow farm facilities prior to the meeting.
"Free-Access" Group Housing
One of the neat things the animal care commitee got to see while touring this farm were examples of 2 types of newly-converted gestation group housing. Here you can see “free access” pens. Sows in this housing system have a common area, as well as individual stalls. The sow can move freely between these two areas by backing out of her individual stall.
Students from Morton East High School pause with Cicero town trustees, Victor Garcia and Larry Banks, Saratoga Foods employees and Junior Achievement staff during a job shadow event hosted at Saratoga’s plant in Bolingbrook, IL
On December 9, 2011, students from Morton East High School had an opportunity to acquire some practical on-the-job experience and even sample some interesting spices through a unique partnership between Junior Achievement of Chicago and Saratoga Food Specialties, a unit of John Morrell & Co. and its parent company, Smithfield Foods, Inc. The event was sponsored by Junior Achievement of Chicago and Learners to Leaders, a Smithfield Foods educational initiative.
Morton East High School students take a break before shadowing their second employee of the day at Saratoga Food Specialties in Bolingbrook, IL
On December 9, 2011, students from Morton East High School had an opportunity to acquire some practical on-the-job experience and even sample some interesting spices through a unique partnership between Junior Achievement of Chicago and Saratoga Food Specialties, a unit of John Morrell & Co. and its parent company, Smithfield Foods, Inc. The event was sponsored by Junior Achievement of Chicago and Learners to Leaders, a Smithfield Foods educational initiative.
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