Art Lankford is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of Butterball's six turkey processing facilities in Arkansas, Missouri and North Carolina.
Molly Parker, director of food safety and animal care at Butterball LLC, has held several leadership positions on the foundation’s board of trustees since 2019.
When industry history books look back on the year 2017 for Butterball LLC, there's little doubt they will consider it one of the more challenging years on record for the Garner, N.C.-based turkey processor.
Voters for The National Provisioner’s Plant of the Year award this year faced a serious challenge, as each of the nominees — all processing facilities visited for cover stories from June 2015 through May 2016 — made a very strong case for winning the annual award.