Hog Blog was created to keep those involved with the pork industry, as well as those who are pork-loving consumers, updated on important information and activities the Nebraska pork producers and its association are doing for you and your family. Nebraska pork producers strive to produce safe, affordable and extremely delicious pork products for all to enjoy.
So please stay tuned to Hog Blog, visit www.Nepork.org, join the Nebraska Pork Producers Association’s group on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nepork) and follow us on Twitter @neporkproducers!
Author Bio
Hello all! My name is Nikki Whitehead and I recently received my associate’s of applied science in visual publication. I also attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for some time and studied journalism while I was there. NPPA hired me on in the summer of 2011 as their Communications Assistant. In October of 2011, I came on board full-time as the Technical Communications Design Manager and I have loved every minute of it.
I’m a bit different from others in the NPPA office in that I do not have an agricultural background. I guess you could say I was a city kid. My parents are both retired Air Force and we spent much of my childhood traveling overseas and the United States, but they retired here in Nebraska and I have lived here for 16 years. I am learning more about the agricultural industry everyday and respect it tremendously. I’m so excited to work for NPPA and to continue learning more about the industry and all of its hard-working producers.
My hope as a newbie here at NPPA is to help connect the producers and hog industry with the families they feed and to eachother. It’s important that the families that are ‘bringin home the bacon’ understand that the bacon they are bringing home was produced safely and healthily with care. Because I didn’t come from an ag background, I am constantly learning new things about this industry everyday and the things I get the opportunity to learn are the things the average consumer doesn’t. I want to help bridge the world between the cities and the farms through this blog and our other forms of social media. So be sure you are following us on Twitter and checking out our Facebook!
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Great job with starting Hog Blog! Its way overdue. I’m really looking forward to Ribfest. I hope there is a good turn out of producers at the meetings. We have a lot to talk about. These current hog prices really suck! H1N1 and the poor economy have taken their toll on our financial situations but it shouldnt be THIS BAD… Something is not right. It seems to me the producer is taking more of a hit than anyone else in the pork chain. But isnt that the way it USUALLY is! Maybe we need to do something radical to bring attention to our current circumstances. I just needed to vent some frustrations, it has been a stressful summer. See you at Ribfest.
consumers need to start asking questions to these producers
why are there so many diseases popping up on Industrial producers?
what are they feeding these animals?
are they feeding antibiotics whether the animals are sick or not?
how are the animals living conditions?
go to the library and look at the feb. march issue of Mother Earth News also look at the newest issue. check out the website http://www.FRESHthemovie.com. Read the book Holy Cows and Hog Heaven by Joel Salatin
Knowledge is power.