NAMI recognized more than 160 companies at its awards ceremony.

Smithfield earned an honorable mention in the DEI category for its programs to attract and retain minority and underrepresented employees and customers.

The North Texas Food Bank is a nonprofit devoted to closing the hunger gap in North Texas.

Partnership aims to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in food and agriculture.

The Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit is sponsored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, along with the American Feed Industry Association and the North American Meat Institute.

Through the Protein PACT, NAMI has committed that it will work with the USDA and Feeding America to, by 2025, help measure and fill the "protein gap."

Opportunities include Understanding and Implementing Updated Appendix A&B Guidelines, Foreign Material Prevention & Control Workshop, Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit and Securing the Future of Meat: Sustainability, Innovation and the Next Big Thing.

The program is available to any location within an approximate three-hour drive from Atlanta.

A total of nine events focused on animal agriculture’s key role in sustainability solutions.

The report covers an estimated 90% of meat sold in the U.S. (by volume).