Tyson foods

5:06pm May 14, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Wilkes Tyson Plant Closes Again, Struggles To Balance Operations and Worker Safety

by Keri Brown

The Tyson Foods Plant in Wilkes County is closing temporarily. This is the second time in a week the facility has shut its doors after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.

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1:54pm May 05, 2020

Economy Economy Health & Safety

Wilkes County Plans More Testing After COVID-19 Outbreak At Tyson Plant

by Keri Brown

COVID-19 cases in Wilkes County have spiked dramatically within the past two weeks — over 130 reported as of Tuesday.

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11:45am Apr 29, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Tyson Plant Workers In Wilkesboro Test Positive For COVID-19

by Neal Charnoff

Officials have confirmed that an unknown number of workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Tyson Foods plant in Wilkesboro.
1:22pm Apr 22, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Another Pork Plant Shuts Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

by Dan Charles

Tyson Foods is halting work at a processing site in Waterloo, Iowa, because people have tested positive for the virus. Other plants also have closed, cutting U.S. pork production by about a quarter.
Ryan J. Foley / AP

2:08pm Apr 07, 2020

Health & Safety Health & Safety

Meat Processing Plants Suspend Operations After Workers Fall Ill

by Dan Charles

Several processing plants in the U.S. are sitting idle this week because workers are sick with the coronavirus. Other facilities are still operating, but fewer workers are showing up.
8:04am Dec 16, 2018

Science Science

Lab-Grown Meat Draws Big Investors — And Big Opposition

by Frank Morris

Tech startups are using animal stem cells to grow meat. Big meat companies, including Tyson and Cargill, are investing in the technology, while livestock producers are trying to fight it.
7:38am Oct 01, 2018

Education Education

Wilkes Community College Partners With Tyson For New Poultry Learning Lab

by Keri Brown

Wilkes Community College is welcoming hundreds of baby chicks to campus as part of a new learning lab that will give students hands-on experi
Emily Urban / NPR

10:47am Aug 09, 2018

World News World News

Former Tyson Foods CEO Brings Chicken Farming To Rwanda — But Can It Last?

by Marc Gunther

The Smith family foundation aims to build a chicken business in Africa, but the extensive project is costly and difficult, and Rwanda cannot yet support a modern poultry industry without aid money.
Alice Welch / U.S. Department of Agriculture

9:00am Oct 27, 2017

National National

Too Fast For Safety? Poultry Industry Wants To Speed Up The Slaughter Line

by Nicole Erwin

The National Chicken Council says the move is needed to keep pace with international competitors. But worker and food-safety advocates say this could cause more stress and injuries.
Earl Dotter / Oxfam

2:36pm Apr 26, 2017

National National Health & Safety

Tyson Foods Promises Better Conditions And Safety For Meat Workers

by Peggy Lowe

Meat-processing employs more than a half-million people. An investigation found they've got some of the most dangerous factory jobs in America and suffer from injury, low pay and lack of work breaks.
Paul Sakuma/AP

5:07pm Apr 28, 2015

National National Economy

Tyson Foods To Stop Giving Chickens Antibiotics Used By Humans

by Dan Charles

Antibiotic use is falling out of fashion in the poultry industry. Tyson Foods, the biggest poultry producer in the U.S., says it will stop feeding its birds human-use antibiotics in two years.

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