Year: 2015

While some food trends quickly come and go, those more deeply anchored in societal or cultural change typically have better staying power. As knowledge has grown and technologies, generational perspectives and preferences have evolved, many of today’s eating experiences look different from those we grew up with or once knew. It’s important to understand how eating is changing so we can consider and target how beef best fits into consumers’ lives. …

Kinesha Allen, the environmental manager at the Smithfield Farmland facility in Smithfield, Virginia, is part of a team that helps keep the plant's environmental performance on track. Allen and her teammates are committed to fulfilling one of Smithfield Foods' key sustainability commitments, reducing the company's environmental footprint, and she is featured in the latest installment of multi-media "sustainability stories" on Smithfieldcommitments.com. …

ARK Development, LLC, an affiliate of leading real estate company Racebrook Capital, announced today it has signed a 30-year lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to develop, finance, construct, operate and manage The ARK at JFK, a $48-million, 178,000-square-foot state-of-the-art animal handling and intelligent air cargo facility. The ARK will be the world’s only privately owned animal handling cargo terminal and USDA-approved, full-service 24-hour airport quarantine facility for the import and export of horses, pets, birds, and livestock. …