Minnesota’s pork-producing families are eager to talk about their farms, swine care and their favorite pork recipes with visitors to the Minnesota State Fair, Aug. 21 through Labor Day.
Pork producers will share their first-hand farm experiences and swine knowledge at two fairground locations – the Oink Booth, located in the Swine Barn, and the Pork Promotion Booth, found in the Empire Commons.
At the Oink Booth, visitors can view a sow and litter of piglets, learn how farrowing stalls provide the sow and piglets a safe and secure environment, find out what pigs eat, and discover how quickly the week-old piglets grow into 270-pound hogs. Pork producers will be on hand to distribute pig-shaped key chains, and the perennial fair favorite, pig ears, sponsored by Hormel and Cub Foods.
At the Oink Booth, visitors can learn about the sow and piglets
Join us for Oink Day on August 27
at the Christensen Farms Stage
On Aug. 27, join the Minnesota Pork Ambassadors for Oink Day on the Christensen Farms Stage at the CHS Miracle of Birth Center. From 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., there will be family-friendly games, story time, and visits from Don Nelson and Perfect the Pig. Don Nelson and Perfect the Piglet presentations will be at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m.
Families enjoy story time with Kate
Pork draws your family to the table
Consumers will discover how “pork draws your family to the table” at the Pork Promotion Booth. There will be practical culinary pork tips, appetizing pork recipes and interactive games with opportunities to win pan scrapers, chop mats and instant read meat thermometers. Plus, there will be fun photo opportunities with ‘The Other White Meat’ cutout family.
Guests to the Pork Promotion booth select pork recipes
