 Smithfield Foods, the Smithfield Foods Foundation, the United States Department of Defense, and the Refrigerating Engineers and Technicians Association announced a program to train veterans for refrigeration engineering.Participants receive classroom training, are tested for certification, then are interviewed for employment at Smithfield Foods.In December 2019, Smithfield, Colorado Pork Producers, and JBS Pork jointly donated 50,000 pounds of meat to the Food Bank of the Rockies in Colorado.