Black Forest ham” is heavily smoked over a pinewood ... Many are smoked, though smoking is less common in the Appalachian region. – ”Smithfield hams” originate in 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 since the ...

If you think Smithfield is all about the ham, take a look at "The Smithfield Cookbook: Continuing Traditions," published late last year by The Woman's Club of Smithfield. It starts with the famous ...

Of note: Smithfield, the ham company, was Virginia owned and operated until about 2013 when it was sold to a Chinese company for just over $4 billion. The bottom line: The Isle of Wight's old ham ...

Smithfield has a long legacy of ham. It’s not just the home of the world’s largest pork producer – it’s also home to the oldest ham in the world. That ham was the prized possession of P.D ...

Luter and his son, Smithfield Foods, a Fortune 500 company, now has 46,000 employees worldwide and revenues of $13 billion. Yet the town is far more than a ham hamlet, it's also a historic town ...