Samuel W Edwards III

Sam W. Edwards III is the President of Edwards Virginia Smokehouse, a 91-year-old family business that produces Virginia hams, bacon and sausage. A third-generation cure-master, Sam opened the company's first retail stores and developed the direct-to-consumer catalog and web sales. Sam is an industry leader in curing meats from certified humane, pasture-raised hogs and the first to bring European-style curing methods to America with the Surryano ham.