Bringing Relief to Flood Victims in Poland

admin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:21:57 +0000

Smithfield Foods believes in supporting the communities in which we operate, and that need is especially great during natural disasters. Animex, a Smithfield subsidiary, recently extended a helping hand to thousands of families who found themselves homeless after devastating floods in Poland.

During the first week of June, Animex donated over 30,000 servings of protein, mainly canned meat products and pates. Servings of meat were delivered from every Animex plant producing such products to the Polish Food Banks Federation for distribution.

We admire the strength and courage of families affected by the floods and are happy to help them persevere in the midst of such a difficult obstacle.

Water, Water, Everywhere as Smithfield Sponsors Annual Global Event

admin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:27:20 +0000

In the past few months, Smithfield and our independent operating companies have sponsored many World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) events. This year we distributed 200 sampling kits and had over 750 participants! Sampling events were held across the country, including events in Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Kansas, Illinois, North Carolina, Minnesota, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana, Iowa, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, and Utah. We also had multiple events sponsored in Poland and Romania! World Water Monitoring Day reported that worldwide they had participation from over 200,000 people in 85 countries.

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.

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Bringing Relief to Flood Victims in Poland

Water, Water, Everywhere as Smithfield Sponsors Annual Global Event