The first cohort of Southeastern Education and Economic Development (SEED) students recently completed the newly formed youth apprenticeship program, sponsored by Smithfield Foods in partnership with the NC Business Committee for Education (NCBCE), on July 25. This program is focused on growing the manufacturing and agriculture workforce through work-based learning and apprenticeships and these students have positively paved the way for those to come.
Smithfield Foods
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Smithfield, Virginia 86,768 followers
About us
Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is a U.S. food company that employs nearly 60,000 people in seven countries and partners with thousands of American farmers. As one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein companies, we are dedicated to producing “Good food. Responsibly.®” to feed a growing world population. We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in our U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30% across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to food banks, disaster relief efforts and community outreach programs in all 50 U.S. states. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield®, Eckrich®, Gwaltney® and Nathan’s Famous®, among many others.
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http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/giwwd
External link for Smithfield Foods
- Industry
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Smithfield, Virginia
- Type
- Public Company
- Specialties
- Bacon, BBQ, Breakfast Sausage, Smoked Sausage, Dry Sausage, Deli Meat, Ham, Hot Dogs, Packaged Lunchmeat, Marinated Pork, Prepared Foods, Hog Production, Animal Agriculture, Food & Beverage, Internships, Farming, and Manufacturing
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200 Commerce Street
Smithfield, Virginia 23430, US
Employees at Smithfield Foods
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Smithfield Foods is teaming up with leading anti-hunger organization Feed the Children this back-to-school season to provide children and families with wholesome food items, backpacks, household essentials and more through rallies held in Crete, NE, Monmouth, IL and Sioux Falls, SD where we operate as a local employer. For these rallies we are donating $100,000 along with thousands of pounds of much-needed protein, including products such as Smithfield® bacon, hams, ribs and loins.
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Smithfield Foods' Steve Evans, vice president of community development, has been named to the 2024-2025 MANNRS Advisory Board. In this role, Steve will play a critical role in guiding MANRRS’ strategic direction, enhancing programmatic efforts and supporting initiatives aimed at fostering the next generation of leaders in the fields of agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences. There is no one better for the job - congratulations, Steve!
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Smithfield Foods is proudly sponsoring the 2024 National Conservation Foundation's Envirothon Competition, an environmental and natural resource problem-solving competition that builds leadership experience for high school students, with $89,000 in funding. For Smithfield, empowering our youth and solving our plant's most pressing environmental challenges go hand-in-hand. We're proud to support Envirothon to inspire students to take action in their local communities. They are the future. https://brnw.ch/21wLDSA
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Today, we completed the purchase of a premier dry sausage production facility in Nashville, Tennessee, from Cargill, to grow our team and our production capacity. Production from this facility will support Smithfield's existing portfolio of consumer-favorite dry sausage brands including Margherita, Carando and Armour. https://lnkd.in/gVvZiBWv
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For Smithfield, we don't just support tomorrow's industry leaders, but we strive to walk alongside them and provide exposure to our industry's opportunities. Recently, students from Lenoir Community College and Wayne Community College visited our Kinston, NC facility, where our consumer-favorite ham and lunchmeats are made, to see these opportunities firsthand.
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Smithfield Foods has partnered with A Place at the Table, Raleigh's first pay-what-you-can restaurant, to take their mission mobile. Founded by Maggie Kane in 2018, the organization is building community and providing good food for all regardless of means. Now, they are expanding their operations to include a food truck, The Travelin' Table, that will increase access to restaurant-quality meals and meet neighbors where they are throughout the greater Raleigh area.
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Internships and work-based learning opportunities are crucial for the development of today’s students and tomorrow’s workforce. But, they are just as important for our company. At Smithfield, we are proud to have more than 25 interns across 15 locations bringing innovative ideas, new perspectives and unmatched energy to our team in support of our mission to produce “Good food. Responsibly.®” #NationalInternDay
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Through a common mission to feed people, Smithfield Foods is proudly partnering with Thelma's Kitchen in Kansas City, MO where we have more than 700 Smithfield team members. Thelma's, a "pay-it-forward" cafe, brings food to our neighbors in need by meeting them where they are with a hot, quality meal.
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