Raleigh, N.C., April 3, 2025 — The North Carolina Pork Council and Smithfield Meals donated $30,000 and 30,000 kilos of pork merchandise to the MANNA FoodBank to battle starvation in North Carolina communities.
Smithfield’s 30,000-pound protein donation was made up of ready-to-eat gadgets together with lunch meat, hams and smoked sausage, and was the equal of 120,000 servings.
“Our North Carolina farmers take satisfaction in supporting their communities, and we’re proud to characterize them in serving to the MANNA FoodBank battle starvation,” stated Roy Lee Lindsey, CEO of the North Carolina Pork Council. “We’d prefer to thank Smithfield Meals for the numerous donation of pork merchandise, which is able to go a great distance to assist alleviate meals insecurity in Western North Carolina.”
“Smithfield and our 10,000 staff in North Carolina have an extended historical past of doing good in our native communities,” stated Kraig Westerbeek, president of hog manufacturing for Smithfield Meals. “This partnership with MANNA will make sure that nutritious meals attain those that want them most – together with our neighbors nonetheless recovering from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene.”
“We see every single day how laborious individuals in our communities are working simply to place meals on the desk,” stated Claire Neal, CEO of MANNA FoodBank. “We’re really grateful for this beneficiant reward from the North Carolina Pork Council and Smithfield Meals and it couldn’t come at a extra very important time. With each greenback offering sufficient meals for 4 meals, the collective affect of this money contribution and nutritious pork donation will assist us fill hundreds of empty plates for our neighbors in want throughout Western North Carolina.”
The North Carolina Pork Council’s $30,000 donation will fulfill a $30,000 matching donation pledge for a complete donation of $60,000 to MANNA FoodBank.
Smithfield’s starvation reduction program, Serving to Hungry Houses®, has supplied tons of of tens of millions of servings of protein in all 50 U.S. states since 2008. Smithfield donated greater than 30 million servings of protein to meals banks, catastrophe reduction efforts and neighborhood outreach applications throughout the U.S. in 2023 and has pledged to donate 200 million servings of protein by 2025.
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Concerning the North Carolina Pork Council
Because the voice of North Carolina’s pork business, the NC Pork Council advocates for household farmers and business companions devoted to producing high-quality pork in a secure, sustainable, and accountable method. North Carolina’s pork business is a nationwide chief — rating third in manufacturing — and contributing greater than $10 billion to the state’s economic system every year. By way of advocacy, schooling, and neighborhood engagement, the NC Pork Council promotes accountable farming practices and helps the continued success of the business. www.ncpork.org.
About MANNA FoodBank
MANNA FoodBank is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group serving Western North Carolina since 1983. As an accredited member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest home starvation reduction group, the mission of MANNA FoodBank is to contain, educate, and unite individuals within the work of ending starvation in Western North Carolina. MANNA works with over 300 community-based nonprofit meals help companion businesses in 16 Western North Carolina counties together with the Qualla Boundary and distributed 21.1 million kilos of meals in 2023/2024. MANNA is a nonpartisan group dedicated to sharing details and details about points associated to starvation in Western North Carolina and the way they have an effect on these we serve. For extra data, go to MANNAFoodbank.org, or name 828-299-FOOD.
About Smithfield Meals
Smithfield Meals (Nasdaq: SFD) is an American meals firm with a number one place in packaged meats and contemporary pork merchandise. With a various model portfolio and powerful relationships with U.S. farmers and prospects, we responsibly meet demand for high quality protein all over the world.
