Four Smithfield Foods, Inc. subsidiary facilities were among the nine recipients of Environmental Achievement Awards from the American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF). These biennial awards are presented to member companies that go beyond environmental compliance by designing and successfully implementing an innovative plant upgrade, environmental program or outreach initiative. Award winners were honored on Oct. 28, 2009, during AMI's International Meat, Poultry & Seafood Convention & Exposition, part of Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago, Ill. For the first time, several award winners shared their success stories at the new Worldwide Food Expo Sustainability Pavilion.

Many congratulations to our winners! We are all very proud of your accomplishments!

Category: Advances in Environmental Technology
First Place:  John Morrell & Co. - Sioux Falls, S.D.

Category: Environmental Outreach to the Public
Second Place: Farmland Foods, Inc. - Monmouth, Ill.

Category: Environmental Training Programs
Second Place:  Curly's Foods, Inc. - Sioux City, Iowa

Category: Resource Conservation
First Place:  Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. - Tar Heel, N.C.

"We are proud of the innovative efforts of our member companies in enhancing their environmental programs," said AMI President J. Patrick Boyle, chairman of the AMI Foundation.  "We are also pleased that these leaders will share their stories in the Sustainability Pavilion at our upcoming convention and exposition so that others may benefit from their ideas."

The American Meat Institute (AMI) represents the interests of packers and processors of beef, pork, lamb, veal and turkey products and their suppliers throughout North America. Together, AMI's members produce 95 percent of the beef, pork, lamb and veal products and 70 percent of the turkey products in the United States. The Institute provides legislative, regulatory, public relations, technical, scientific and educational services to the meat and poultry packing and processing industry. The American Meat Institute Foundation is a non-profit research, education and information foundation established by the American Meat Institute to study ways the meat and poultry industry can produce better, safer products and operate more efficiently.

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To receive the discount for an online order — send an email requesting your discount with the order confirmation attached, identify yourself as a Smithfield Employee with your location and department, and your order total will be adjusted through credit card processing.

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