Month: August 2010

A mutual-fund management firm with holdings of Smithfield Foods Inc. stock is asking the pork processor and hog-raising company to adopt specific goals for reducing greenhouse gases from its operations, including its hog farms. …

These past several weeks, we’ve learned a thing or two about the unsung heroes in your grocer’s meat department (and I’m not talking about your friendly butcher – although my friends at Publix have provided me with quite the carnivorous education). I’m referring to those perfectly packaged gems snuggled beautifully in the meat counter and offered for sale each week. …

Water conservation, renewable fuels production and workplace safety improvements are among the areas highlighted in the newest Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) Sustainability Report, now available on-line. …

Bacon lovers in the U.S. are paying record prices during the seasonal summer peak for consumption, and costs may keep rising through August because smaller hog herds led to an unprecedented plunge in meat inventories. …

Diamond Ranch Foods, Ltd., meat, poultry and seafood processing and foodservice distribution company, is pleased to announce today that the Company will begin to do business with CoGeDi International SpA. …