ATLANTA — One of many poultry business’s most-recognized people lately obtained a prestigious honor from the Nationwide Protein and Meals Distributors Affiliation.

Jim Perdue, chairman and CEO of Perdue Farms, was offered with the 2024 Protein Trade Lifetime Achievement Award from NPFDA throughout its current annual conference and showcase in Atlanta, Ga.

Perdue is the thirty third recipient of the lifetime achievement award. His father, Frank Perdue, obtained the very first of those awards in 1991. The affiliation yearly acknowledges somebody who has proven a lifetime of dedication and contributions to the protein business.

Perdue Farms is now a fourth-generation agricultural firm primarily based in Salisbury, Md., however Jim Perdue represents its third era, and notes lots of its core values.

“My grandfather, Arthur W. Perdue, constructed our enterprise on high quality, integrity and belief, and my father reworked the business,” Perdue mentioned in a launch. “I’m proud to hold on their legacy into our firm’s second century.

“Whereas the enterprise might have modified through the years, our values proceed to information our selections right this moment. I’m humbled by this recognition however settle for the award on behalf of the hundreds of hard-working associates who’ve made this firm what it’s right this moment.”

The corporate provides that Perdue grew up within the household’s enterprise studying all of its sides, in addition to how essential high quality merchandise and high quality buyer satisfaction are to success. Perdue obtained a grasp’s diploma and a doctorate earlier than returning to the corporate in 1983. He grew to become Perdue Farms chairman and CEO in 1991.

Perdue Farms notes that in Perdue’s management, the corporate has grown its protein portfolio to incorporate, not solely hen, but additionally pork, turkey, beef, and lamb. It additionally now produces all of its hen merchandise via “no-antibiotics-ever” procedures and strategies; and with a concentrate on animal welfare with its “Commitments to Animal Care” initiatives.

He’s additionally actively concerned with a number of group and regional organizations that target the welfare of the Delmarva space. Perdue serves on the Oyster Restoration Partnership board, a nonprofit that works towards the oyster restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

Perdue Farms provides that Jim Perdue, “ensures that the corporate stays true to its values of high quality, integrity, teamwork, and stewardship that information the corporate’s pursuit to be essentially the most trusted identify in meals and agricultural merchandise.”