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Jan 16, 2025

Perdue Farms agrees to $4M settlement in child labor probe

Perdue Farms has agreed to pay $4 million in restitution to settle a federal investigation into alleged child labor violations at the company’s poultry processing plant on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced it had launched a probe into alleged child labor violations at the […]

Dec 20, 2024

Smithfield to form new hog production company ahead of IPO

Smithfield Foods has inked a deal with VisionAg, an affiliate of North Carolina’s HD3 Farms, to start a new hog production business early next year as the meat producer gears up to go public, the company announced Friday. Smithfield, a giant in packaged meats and pork products, will provide 28,000 sows to the new company, […]

An aerial view of the Boar's Head processing plant that was tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak Aug. 29 in Jarratt. Photo courtesy AP Photo/Steve Helber
Sep 13, 2024

Boar’s Head to indefinitely shutter Va. facility tied to fatal listeria outbreak

Deli meat company Boar’s Head Provisions Co. is indefinitely shutting down its meat production facility in Jarratt, the source of a listeria outbreak that killed at least nine people and hospitalized 57 others. The plant has not been operating since late July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened an investigation on July 19. […]

Dec 28, 2023

Meat processor to build $1.7M Prince Edward facility

A halal meat business, 5 Pillar Meats, will invest more than $1.7 million to build an abattoir and red meat processing facility in Prince Edward County, a project expected to create 12 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. The new building, which will be located on a 3-acre site in the Prince Edward County Business […]

Nov 29, 2022

Smithfield Foods names new CFO

Mark Hall, Smithfield Foods Inc.’s executive vice president of finance, has been promoted to chief financial officer and will start in the role on Jan. 1, 2023, the nation’s largest pork product manufacturer and hog producer announced Tuesday. The company’s current CFO since 2015, Glen Nunziata, will leave Smithfield Foods at the end of this […]

Dec 2, 2021

$31.5M Winchester turkey plant to create 111 jobs

Minnesota-based TFC Poultry LLC will invest $31.5 million to establish its second U.S. production facility in Winchester, a project expected to create 111 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. “Virginia’s strong agriculture sector continues to play a critical role in the success of our booming economy,” Northam said in a statement. “We are pleased the company […]

Nov 16, 2021

Canadian frozen food company to create 67 jobs in Warren County

Montreal-based Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods LLC will spend $40.3 million to expand in Warren County, creating 67 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Harrisonburg-based InterChange Group Inc. will build a 126,000-square-foot facility for Nature’s Touch. The company will import raw materials directly to the new facility for processing and distribution. In 2014, Nature’s Touc[...]

Sep 30, 2021

Italian meat company bringing 150 jobs to Rockingham County

Italian cured meats manufacturer Veronesi Holding S.p.A., a Gruppo Veronesi company, will invest approximately $100 million to establish its first U.S. production facility in Rockingham County, creating an estimated 150 jobs over the next four years, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The facility will be located on 75.8 acres in the Innovation Village @ Rockingham […]

Sep 23, 2021

Company to build $4.2M facility in Brunswick County

Southern Virginia Vegetable Packing LLC has partnered with Brunswick County Industrial Development Authority, with plans to build a 45,000-square-foot, $4.2 million produce processing and packing facility that is expected to create 40 jobs over three years, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Old Dominion Organic Farms, a member of Southern Virginia Vegetable Packing, will operate the […[...]

Sep 14, 2021

Harrisonburg’s Farmer Focus hires CFO, R&D head

Harrisonburg-based Farmer Focus has hired Debarshi Sengupta as chief financial officer and Sean McLendon as head of research and development, it announced on Aug. 26 and Sept. 9. “Debarshi is an instrumental hire to guide our future, creating a strategic path forward to plan and resource our tremendous growth,” Farmer Focus president and Chief Operating […]

Sep 9, 2021

CAVA to build $30M facility in Augusta County

Washington, D.C.-based fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain CAVA will spend more than $30 million to establish a new processing and packaging facility in Augusta County, a project expected to create 52 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. CAVA will build the 57,000-square-foot facility in Mill Place Commerce Park in Verona. “Food and beverage processing is at […]

Jul 19, 2021

Richmond snack company investing $16.5M in Henrico facility

Richmond-based specialty snack supplier Red River Foods Group Inc. will invest $16.5 million to establish a warehouse and processing facility in Henrico County, creating 60 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. Virginia competed with Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the project. The center will process tree nuts, seeds and dried fruits and will […]

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