No it’s not political pork. It’s fat, juicy farm-raised pork. Celebrity Cook Paula Deen and her husband Michael Groover are escorting Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes tour to L.A.’s poor. Harvesters: The Community Food Network has received more than 25,000 pounds of meat to help feed local families, thanks to Smithfield Foods’ 10-city Helping Hungry Homes(TM) Across America tour, a …
SwineCast® Coverage of Iowa Pork Congress
SwineCast®is announcing a new partnership with the Iowa Pork Producers Association to provide coverage of the seminars at the 2008 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines, IA. SwineCast, sponsored by Elanco, will record the audio from each of the more than a dozen speaker presentations and make the recordings available online following Pork Congress. Each of the speaker’s PowerPoint presentations …
Pork Recipes
Since I’m on the subject of pork, how about some recipes. Dave Williams emailed me a link exchange request so I’m happy to bring your attention to his Pork Recipes website. One it you’ll find a lot of good looking recipes. That’s about it. Very simple. It seems like he could develop this into a lot more and maybe he …
Nutrition Efficiency Info on Pork Board Website
A new section of the Pork Checkoff website contains information for producers who want to optimize their feed costs and maximize production efficiencies. The new Nutritional Efficiency section includes information about the recently founded nutritional efficiency consortium; the consortium’s research and activity priorities; the research funded by the consortium and a subsection with links to additional information or resources. Twenty …
Trimming the Pork
Pork belongs on pig farms or on the dinner table, but, for many taxpayers, pork doesn’t belong in politics. A new blog called The Swine Line is using your average farm animal as a star mascot for fighting “political pork.” Check out these videos from the organization that describes itself as “America’s #1 taxpayer watchdog.” Oh yea, actor Kiefer Sutherland, …
Get Juicy Gossip on Meat
Beef, poultry, pork… pick your pleasure. The American Meat Institute is launching a new Web Site to demonstrate how the meat industry responds to consumers and constumers. The American Meat Institute (AMI) today launched www.TheMarketWorks.org, a new web site showcasing how U.S. meat and poultry industry structure and practices are a response to signals from customers and make the U.S. …
Missouri Couple Boasts Champion Pork
This year’s tastiest pork came out of Odessa, MO. Odessa’s Craig and Patty Kidwell can make their claim as pork royalty after earning Grand Champion honors in the Pork Checkoff’s 20th Annual Great Pork BarbeQlossal™. The couple, who run Boys of BBQ Patty, received $10,000 worth of cash and prizes, June 9th. This is the second time the Kidwell’s have …
5 Pork Producers Named to National Pork Board
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced five new appointees for the 15-member National Pork Board Wednesday. The new members will serve three-year terms on the board. Johanns said the appointees were chosen from among 8 nominees. “I am pleased that these individuals have agreed to provide their time and expertise,” said Johanns. The five were chosen from among eight pork …
Not a Blah Day
This year I’m renting a Nikon 80-400mm zoom lens to enhance my shooting experience. While I was practicing in turn 3 here at the Speedway I noticed The Other White Meat on display (rotating billboard). Now I’m hungry. Tonight a group of us are going to the Scott Sharp, Team Patron event at El Torito Grill, a restaurant near our …
20 Years of Colossal Pork BBQ
There’s been a lot of years of BBQ pork goodness at World Pork Expo. This year the Great Pork BarbeQlossal will celebrate a milestone. The Pork Checkoff’s 20th annual Great Pork BarbeQlossal contest is the Saturday of World Pork Expo, which runs June 7-9 in Des Moines, Iowa. This annual contest highlights barbeque techniques from across America. “More than 90 …