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Visitors entering the "Ham Capital of the World" should ... few things visitors will find relating to China in this small town. At the Smithfield Little Theatre, near the Smithfield Foods ...
You likely know Smithfield for its ham, but there’s more to this small town than pork. A day trip to Smithfield is the perfect way to find out what else this small, Southern town has to offer.
The “Smithfield Ham” label is so revered that in 1926 the ... The Luters started what would become the company in 1936 as a small packing house in Smithfield. But production in the town ...
However, none have the distinction of being the "Ham Capital of the World" like Smithfield does ... The theater may be small, but it's big on talent, as they've been recognized by the Hampton ...
“It’s Smithfield ham, it’s not China ham,” Burke said ... showed “the globalization of the world and how it affects small-town America.” “But Smithfield, Virginia, has nothing ...
Science and ingenuity have their limits, though, and even small pieces of edible ... excess that made it unique. The ham biscuit was the centerpiece of Smithfield’s 250 -year anniversary ...
Seizing an opportunity, Pruden, Fuller and a third investor formed a holding company in 1981 to buy a small, old and somewhat dormant meatpacker: Smithfield Ham and Products Co. Pruden was a ...
The Last Ham Image: Courtesy of VCU anthropology professor Bernard Mean Zoom in: VCU anthropology professor Bernard Means and his class journeyed to Smithfield, about 70 miles southeast of ...