Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you aren't familiar with Smithfield ham, you should be. It's a type of country ham that by law can only come from one place on ...

The Genuine Smithfield Ham that gave the town of Smithfield its legacy is no longer being produced, at least for now. Diana Souder, director of corporate communications and public relations for ...

A worker salts hams in Smithfield, Virginia. Photo: Dennis Brack A worker salts hams in Smithfield, Virginia. Photo: Dennis Brack For four centuries, lucky Southerners have stuffed their faces with ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. — The local charity run is the Hog Jog. The mascot for the wine festival is Pig-o-noir. October brings the Bacon & Bourbon Fest. The town museum promises the “World’s Oldest Ham.” The ...

Don't get all salty, because the ham stays here. In response to a Washington Post story about the shuttering of its oldest smokehouse, Smithfield Foods wants to make sure its customers know they're ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. - Smithfield Foods is closing the last smokehouse that creates the genuine Smithfield ham — the signature product of a Virginia town of 8,300 people. The ham has been an area staple ...

Smithfield Foods is asking ham lovers not to worry. The company will continue to produce Genuine Smithfield Hams in Smithfield. After the news in June that Smithfield Foods had closed its historic ...

SMITHFIELD, Va. (AP) - Smithfield Foods is closing the last smokehouse that creates the genuine Smithfield ham. A spokeswoman says the smokehouse had reached the end of its useful life and that, ...

Smithfield Foods is closing the last smokehouse that creates the genuine Smithfield ham — the signature product of a Virginia town of 8,300 people. The ham has been an area staple since the English ...