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The first students from Denison, Iowa, to participate in the Learners to Leaders/Science Bound program are about to graduate, and we couldn’t be prouder of them! Read More
While Mother Nature kept Richard Petty Motorsports and the Smithfield #43 Ford off the track yesterday, postponing the Daytona 500 for the first time in its 54-year history, she didn’t keep them from supporting the Daytona community and interacting with fans over the weekend. Read More
Smithfield Packing, one of our independent operating companies, just completed its 100th food donation, totaling 14 million servings of protein donated to local food banks through the Helping Hungry HomesTM tour.
NASCAR excitement continues to mount with Preseason Thunder now in the rearview and Daytona’s 2012 opener quickly approaching.
We’re thrilled for the opportunity to support a team as esteemed and storied as Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM). Richard Petty and the no. 43 bring us back to NASCAR’s roots and represent everything we love about the sport today. Read More
Today, we announced a partnership with the legendary Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) team for the upcoming 2012 NASCAR season. As primary sponsor for fifteen NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, including February’s Daytona 500, this year NASCAR fans will see variety of Smithfield brands adorning the legendary No. 43 Ford Fusion, piloted by Aric Almirola.
Join us this Friday, December 16, 2011 at 1:00 EST for a live Twitter event focused on feeding the hungry. Dennis Treacy, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer and Kathleen Kirkham, Sustainability Coordinator, will moderate the dialogue to bring awareness to issues concerning food insecurity. Read More
In spring 2012, the first high school seniors to complete the Learners to Leaders program in Denison, Iowa, will graduate. A partnership between Smithfield Foods’ subsidiary Farmland Foods, the Denison Community School District, and Iowa State University’s Science Bound program, Learners to Leaders grooms students for success in college beginning in 8th grade and continuing through high school. Read More
The TeamMates Mentoring Program™ founded by former University of Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne and his wife Nancy has provided direction and encouragement to middle school and high school students in Nebraska communities since 1991. Read More
Anytime the TODAY show’s Al Roker, Smithfield Foods, and other corporate sponsors join forces in a charitable effort, good things are bound to happen! Roker and a host of generous companies united in June through a partnership that included the TODAY show’s Lend a Hand Today program, our Helping Hungry Homes initiative, and others to kick off a five-city tour donating 200,000 pounds of protein to families in need. Read More
Smithfield supports the communities in which we operate, especially during tough times. When an EF-5 tornado struck and destroyed much of Joplin, Missouri, last May, Smithfield employees both in and out of state extended a helping hand to victims of the devastating storm. Read More
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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