Farmland Foods

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	HEADQUARTERS Kansas City, MO
	PRESIDENT Michael E. Brown
	EMPLOYEES 8,700
	FISCAL 2012 SALES $4.4 billion¹
	¹ Reflects intercompany sales.

www.farmlandfoods.com

Farmland Foods, Inc., provides a broad selection of pork products for retail and foodservice customers in the United States and abroad. Its primary lines of business include fresh pork, case ready pork, hams, bacon, fresh sausage, processed sausage, lunchmeat, and specialty sausage. Since its founding in 1959, Farmland Foods has maintained a proud heritage of working side by side with American farm families. Smithfield Foods acquired the company in 2003. Farmland Foods has a large and growing international business, exporting products to more than 35 countries across six continents.

Download a PDF of our 2012 Sustainability Report

Core Brands

Farmland, Cook’s

Supporting Brands

Ember Farms, Premium Standard Farms, Stefano Foods

Facilities

Farmland Foods Map Smithfield Foods

Monmouth, IL; Carroll and Denison, IA; Wichita, KS; Kansas City and Milan, MO; Crete and Lincoln, NE; Charlotte, NC; Arnold, PA; Salt Lake City, UT

Recent Sustainability Achievements

Announced a strategic partnership with Harvesters Food Bank and also focused giving on Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City, the American Heart Association in Kansas City, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Reduced solid waste on a normalized basis by 25 percent from fiscal 2008 through fiscal 2012 and reduced normalized CO₂ emissions by 15.1 percent over the same period.
Installed automatic equipment at Lincoln, Nebraska, facility in 2011, reducing material costs by $320,000.

Contributed more than $350,000 since 2007 to our Learners to Leaders partnership with the Denison Community School District and Iowa State University’s Science Bound program. The partnership’s first high school class graduated in May 2012, with eight students attending college in the fall. Through the Smithfield-Luter Foundation, one graduate received a full scholarship to Iowa State.
Provided employees with more than $495,000 in tuition reimbursement in fiscal 2012.
Donated $360,000 to various charitable and community-based organizations.

Photos

CNU Scholarship recipients hear from Smithfield Foods' President and CEO, Larry Pope, during recognition reception

These students received scholarships through CNU's Presidents Leadership Program, which is sponsored by Smithfield Foods.

Larry Pope, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods, addresses the students of CNU's President's Leadership Program

Mr. Pope gave a speech during a recognition ceremony for students participating in CNU's President's Leadership Program, which is funded by Smithfield Foods. His speech was centered on the importance of leadership skills in the world of the future, as technology is changing the way our world operates.

CNU President Paul Trible hands out pig-shaped cookies to participants of CNU's President's Leadership Program

Smithfield helps to fund this program for exceptional students that are looking to change the world. The President’s Leadership Program focuses on leadership skills and includes a variety of special features, including stipends for studying abroad, priority internships, scholarship support and meetings with top leaders.

Participants in CNU's President's Leadership Program, sponsored by Smithfield, pose during recognition reception.

Larry Pope, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods, chats with students of CNU's President's Leadership Program

CNU President, Paul Trible, addresses students who received scholarships through the university's President's Leadership Program

Smithfield's President and CEO, Larry Pope, stands alongside CNU President, Paul Trible, as he speaks to students of CNU's President's Leadership Program, which is funded by Smithfield.

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