Smithfield Foods
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Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American pork producer and food-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia, and majority owned by Hong Kong based WH Group. Founded in 1936 as the Smithfield Packin
Smithfield processing plant in Smithfield, Virginia
Smithfield/Circle Four pig farms in the Utah desert.
Smithfield CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013
Sows used for breeding are confined in 7 ft x 2 ft gestation crates. This image was taken inside a Smithfield facility in Virginia in 2010.
JBS USA
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JBS USA Holdings, Inc. is a meat processing company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian multinational JBS S.A. The subsidiary was created when JBS entered the U.S. market in 2007 with its p
Smithfield Foods
…the United States, leaving Smithfield in control of 10–15 percent of the country's hog production. As of 2006 four companies—Smithfield, Tyson Foods, Swift & Company, and Cargill—were responsible for the production of 70 percent of pork in the United States. On May 29, 2013, WH Group, then known as Shuanghui Group…
Swift meat packing plant in La Plata, Argentina, c. 1920
1916 advertisement for lard