Source: BLADEN JOURNAL, 12/12/21

 Out of the spotlight, off a rural country road, global competition is happening every day in Bladen County. Dan Ward, his father and his son-in-law tirelessly work the family land. Among their crops is grain, a valuable commodity not only to them but also to partner Smithfield Foods and the world it helps feed. “Sustainability is huge,” Ward says. “We all have to. The public wants to know how sustainability agriculture is. We work it with every decision we make. There’s no room in error for us, or for Smithfield. We’re competing with everyone in the world right now.”

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