Things You Didn't Know
As a national sponsor of Share Our Strength, one of the nation’s leading antihunger organizations, Tyson Foods has since 2000 donated more than 75 million protein-filled meals to feed hungry Americans.
Tyson Foods is the world’s largest producer of pizza toppings. The company makes enough sliced pepperoni each year to cover a 23,000-acre pizza.
Following 9/11, 93 Tyson Foods volunteers set up mobile food stations to serve emergency workers in New York City and Washington, D.C. They served more than 10,000 meals in 10 days.
Tyson de Mexico is the largest producer of value-added chicken for retail and foodservice in Mexico.
About 5.8 million acres of American farmland (an area the size of Maryland or New Hampshire) are needed to produce all the corn and soybeans it takes to make the 13 million tons of feed Tyson Foods produces each year.
In 2003, Tyson Foods was the number-one supplier of cowhides to the Japanese auto industry and to the Italian shoe industry.
