RALEIGH – Six individuals were honored at a recent awards luncheon as part of the North Carolina Pork Council’s annual conference, which was delayed until November due to covid restrictions earlier in the year. Ed Emory, retired director of the …
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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, …
Emerging Leaders Award: Justin and Erica Edwards
The purpose of the North Carolina Pork Council Emerging Leader Award is to recognize and honor a pork producer aged 40 or younger who has contributed to the pork industry in North Carolina and exhibits potential for leadership. In previous …
W.W. Shay Award for Industry Distinction: Dexter Edwards
The North Carolina Pork Council’s W.W. Shay Award for Industry Distinction recognizes and honors an individual who has exhibited outstanding service to the pork industry as an employee of a pork industry company.
This award is named for William Warden …
Award for Excellence in Innovation: Hog Slat, Inc.
The Award for Excellence in Innovation was created to honor and recognize individuals or institutions for progress in the pork industry through innovative techniques, applications and/or action that include but are not limited to environmental stewardship, sustainability, research, science, and …
Outstanding Pork Producer of the Year: Joey Carter
The North Carolina Outstanding Pork Producer of the Year award recognizes a pork producer or family who has made significant contributions to the pork industry in North Carolina.
Joey Carter of Duplin County embodies and exemplifies what we mean when …
Livestock Hall of Fame: James Stocker
The North Carolina Pork Council’s Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the organization, one reserved for outstanding lifetime achievement and contributions to the industry.
This year’s recipient, Jim Stocker, has indeed had a lifetime of outstanding achievements …