As we enter our 75th year of business, we find ourselves thinking back to 1935 when our founder, John W. Tyson, began hauling chickens from Springdale, Arkansas, to poultry markets in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. In the spring of 1936, John delivered his first load of 500 Arkansas grown chickens to Chicago and netted a profit of $235. Within a year, John was hauling loads of Arkansas chickens to new markets in Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis, and Houston. Although no one realized it at the time, John was laying the foundation for the modern day poultry business and Tyson Foods.

Today, Tyson Foods is one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef, and pork food products. As our company has grown, so have our responsibilities. We understand our actions and decisions have an impact. We recognize the global community we serve faces unparalleled economic, environmental, and social issues such as increased unemployment rates, resource scarcity, and extreme hunger and poverty. Understanding and addressing these issues is consistent with the Core Values of our company.

We believe our triple bottom line success, including social progress, environmental excellence, and economic growth, will continue as we strive to do the right thing with respect to people, planet, and profit. Sustainability touches every aspect of our company and our operations. Accordingly, we define sustainability in a way that brings responsibility and accountability into every business activity and process. Our Core Values and focus on sustainability guide our actions on important issues such as hunger relief, food safety, environmental protection and resource conservation, animal well-being, ethical business practices, the health and safety of our Team Members and returning a profit to our shareholders.

We are committed to building the world’s most extraordinary food company, and to conducting business in a manner that builds financial success, respects the environment, and supports those in need.