The donation, including bacon, sausage, smoked sausage, ham steaks, hot dogs and various sandwich meats, provides over 150,000 servings of protein to individuals at risk of hunger in Geary County, Kan.

Smithfield ventures into its second year of support for The DeGood Foundation, following a $6,675 donation in 2023.

North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges and American Association of Community Colleges grant two awards to Smithfield for the company's apprenticeship programs.

Forty-three Smithfield locations earn the Meat Institute’s worker safety recognition award.

Smithfield reduces greenhouse gas emissions associated with feed by more than 100,000 tons from a 2010 baseline.

Smithfield Foods creates an endowed scholarship program to benefit leaders of tomorrow from the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.

Smithfield’s Sioux Falls, S.D., employees raise more than $521,000 for the Sioux Empire United Way, their partner of more than 30 years.

Smithfield Foods donates $100,000 to Ripe for Revival, a nonprofit founded to address food insecurity in North Carolina.

Smithfield donates $5,000 to both the University of Virginia Community Food Pantry and the Market of Virginia Tech.

Smithfield promotes Kraig Westerbeek to president, Smithfield Hog Production.