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Smithfield and RPM Deliver at Daytona

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 Makes 100th Food Donation Under Helping Hungry Homes

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.

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Revving Engines with NASCAR’s First Family

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

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Smithfield Foods Hands Out 2011 Environmental Excellence Awards

As Smithfield Foods becomes an industry leader, we know our collective progress is the result of individual ambition. Our employees desire to set the bar high is what makes this company thrive, and such dedication does not go unnoticed. Every year at our Internal Awards Conference, we recognize the outstanding efforts of our independent operating companies to make Smithfield’s operations more sustainable. Read More

TODAY Show Lends a Hand to Food Donations

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

Helping Tornado Victims in Joplin, Missouri

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

Water, Water, Everywhere as Smithfield Sponsors Annual Global Event

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. Read More

Winning Green for Going Green with Environmental Excellence Awards

Each year we give Environmental Excellence Awards to projects and initiatives by our facilities that both help the environment and save money. On September 14, 2010, we held our annual Environmental Excellence Awards banquet during our Environmental Training Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Over 100 representatives of Smithfield Foods, John Morrell, Smithfield Packing Company, Farmland Foods, and Murphy-Brown attended. This year’s theme was “Sustainability in Focus.” Dennis Treacy, our chief sustainability officer, and Bob Toy, director of environmental for Union Pacific, both spoke about the importance of sustainability for today’s companies. Read More

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