2017 Plant of the Year: Smithfield Foods — Smithfield, Va.
It was a tight race to the final day, but after the clock ticked to Aug. 1, 2017, and voting ended, Smithfield Foods’ hometown plant — the Smithfield, Va., processing facility — stood as the winner of The National Provisioner’s 2017 Plant of the Year award.
The eight-plant field of nominees included a wide variety of processors this year, and some big names among all processing facilities visited for cover stories from June 2016 through May 2017. We thank all the nominees for access to their facilities, which allows us to stick closely to our mission to give our readers that unmatched, first-hand look into the operations of some of the most innovative and progressive processors in the business.