Of note: Smithfield, the ham company, was Virginia owned and operated until about 2013 when it was sold to a Chinese company for just over $4 billion. The bottom line: The Isle of Wight's old ham ...

Eventually, the Virginia legislature set solid regulations for what could be sold as Smithfield ham, stipulating that the ...

That is, I would guess, particularly true if you`re a ham producer from Smithfield, Va., ”The Ham Capital of the World,” risking your reputation, indeed perhaps your livelihood, in competition ...

A worker salts hams in Smithfield, Virginia. Photo: Dennis Brack A worker salts hams in Smithfield, Virginia. Photo: Dennis Brack For four centuries, lucky Southerners have stuffed their faces ...

The town also is home to the world’s oldest cured ham from 1902 at the Isle of Wight museum. As important as the pork itself is Smithfield Foods, which employs about 3,800 people in Virginia.

SMITHFIELD, Va. -- Smithfield Foods celebrated its newest food venture - a restaurant that showcases the company's hams and other specialty food products - over ham biscuits, roasted peanuts and ...

Virginia’s most well-known state food is salty, cured country ham, also known as Smithfield ham because it is processed in the town of Smithfield. It’s a staple in Virginia cuisine.

Virginia law dictates what constitutes a genuine Smithfield Virginia Ham. It must be produced from hogs fed a diet of peanuts, and must be salt cured for at least six months, smoked and processed ...

WH Group, the Chinese parent company of Virginia-based pork producer Smithfield Foods, is planning to put Smithfield’s businesses in the U.S. and Mexico on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq ...

SMITHFIELD, Va., Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smithfield Foods distributed 2,000 free Smithfield Hickory Smoked Spiral Sliced Hams to neighbors facing hunger in Southeastern Virginia and ...