Pork Congress 2012 - Iowa Pork Producers Association

2012 Iowa Pork Congress Re-Cap
Des Moines residents enjoy free
pork lunch at Winter Pork Picnic
The always popular Winter Pork Picnic attracted another
large crowd Jan. 25 as the Iowa Pork Producers
Association conducted its annual Iowa Pork Congress
promotion in downtown Des Moines.
2012 Iowa Pork youth contestants and
many other producers and volunteers
helped with the promotion.
The Tama
and Story
County Pork
Producers and
several other
volunteers
grilled and
served 3,000
ground pork
and bacon
burgers from
11 a.m. to 1
p.m. at Capital
Square to
celebrate the
Iowa pork
industry and thank consumers for purchasing pork and
supporting the industry. Chips, pop, ice cream and pork
loin samples also were served.
Several pork prizes were given away and attendees were
given discount coupons for fresh pork at Fareway Stores.
IPPA accepted free-will donations to be given to the Food
Bank of Iowa to help feed Iowa’s hungry and the public
came through in a big way. Nearly $1,200 was collected
for the Food Bank and IPPA donated 76 pounds of
leftover meat.
The 14th annual Winter Pork Picnic was supported by
participating sponsors Fareway Stores, Webster City
Custom Meats, Rotella’s Italian Bakery, Frito Lay, Pepsi
Americas, Cookies Food Products, Wells Blue Bunny and
Tyson Fresh Meat.
During the lunch, pork producers Ryan and Lana Reed from
Ottumwa received the “Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award”
for January. The presentation was carried live on WHO Radio.
The Winter Pork Picnic attracted a large crowd to Capital Square in Des Moines for a free pork lunch.
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