John Tyson, current Chairman and grandson of our founder, worked with Team Members to develop our Core Values more than a decade ago, to reflect the time-honored principles we have lived by since the early days of Tyson Foods.
We’ve been working with poultry farmers on a contract basis since the 1940s. Some farm families have been raising chickens for us for three generations.
More than 4,000 farmers raise chickens for Tyson Foods. We supply the birds, feed and technical advice, while the farmers care for the chickens by providing the farm, housing and labor.