Meat & Poultry

Food pantries and kitchens in the tri-county area next week will begin receiving the 30,000 pounds of pork donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Mahoning Valley by Smithfield Foods and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. …

“Do you like green eggs and ham?” To answer the enduring question and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, The National Pork Board teamed up with celebrity chefs and food experts to bring the story to life, with tasty new recipes inspired by the book. Thanks to chefs Michael Symon and Melissa d’Arabian, the time-honored Seussian classic will be in the hearts and on the plates of families this fall. …

The beef checkoff conducts periodic surveys to monitor consumer confidence in the safety of beef. These studies provide measures of the effects on consumers of issues in the marketing environment and support a strategic foundation for consumer and influencer programs in issues management and communications. …

Parents can score big with family hockey fans thanks to the Schweigert Meats Wild Child Sweepstakes. Once entered in the drawing, children have a chance to win four Minnesota Wild game tickets, time on the ice helping the Minnesota Wild ice crew clean the ice during selected TV timeouts and a team practice jersey. …

Cattle produces arent the only ones who could take an economic hit if new regulations, proposed by USDAs Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA), are added to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. …