Kicking of the Pork Industry Forum in Orlando, members of the National Pork Board helped pack 900 meals to feed hungry children in the area.
NPB partnered with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida to provide the meals.
NPB President Steve Rommereim says that:
“While we have important business to attend to, we are never too busy to give back to communities.”
Second Harvest Food Bank’s Hi-Five Kids Pack program will distribute the meals.
Since 2006, the program supports educators seeking a solution to students who came to school sick and unable to learn on a Monday because they had not eaten since their school lunch the previous Friday.
Producer delegates from across the country are in Orlando this week for the annual National Pork Industry Forum.
The business meeting allows directors and staff of the National Pork Board to hear directly from Pork Act delegates appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.