Lois G. Britt Service Award: George Pettus

Lois Britt gave of herself to the pork industry and to the community. As the Lois G. Britt Service Award recipient, George Pettus of Asheville has done the same. George Pettus has provided his expertise in environmental design, engineering, permitting, public policy,...

Lois G. Britt Service Award: Eve Honeycutt

The Lois G. Britt Service Award is named for a dynamic leader who devoted her life to agriculture, education, and service to the people, organizations and institutions in which she believed. There were many. After Lois’s untimely death in 2005, the North Carolina Pork...

Lois G. Britt Service Award: Don Butler

Don Butler, a longtime Smithfield Foods executive who retired at the end of last year, played an integral role in the North Carolina pork industry for the past 26 years. He is a past president of the National Pork Producers Council and the NC Pork Council and past...

Neese Sausage: An institution of the heart

By David Jones This generous North Carolina company is an institution in the state’s pork industry, and next year it’s celebrating 100 years in business. This is a story about wealth. But a different kind of riches. Make no mistake about it; the Neese Country Sausage...