Swine Project
We all know that you can exhibit your swine project at the county fair, but did you know you can create exhibits that are an outgrowth of the swine project to enter in the building at fair too? Here are some examples:
POSSIBLE FAIR EXHIBITS
- Create a game about pork
- Make a display that you can set up in the community and then use it as a project at fair
- Research careers in the pork industry
- Keep health care, feeding, or waste management records from your swine project
The possibilities are endless. At fair this would be an animal science exhibit and judged by the Ag & Natural Resources judge. If you are already enrolled in the swine project you are ready to bring other exhibits like these to fair.
CITIZENSHIP IDEAS
- Become a Pork Producer Member
- Provide pork for a local community event
- Fix up the swine barns for fair
- Show others how to raise swine if they are just getting started
- Teach younger members how to show and handle their animal
- Help out at the swine weigh-in
- Participate with the Pork Producers at grillings for community or charity events.
- Work at the Iowa State Fair Swine Farrowing Display
LEADERSHIP IDEAS
- Serve as a Junior Superintendent in the swine department
- Hand out samples of pork in a local grocery store
- Go to an elementary school and teach younger kids about pork
- Join the Iowa Pork Team
- Attend youth events sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association
- Compete in the IPPA Pork Queen or Premier Pork Ambassador Contest
- Teach a section of the Food Safety Quality Assurance classes.
COMMUNICATION IDEAS
- Write a letter to the editor to send to the news paper about a current issue facing the pork industry
- Give a presentation about pork at school or 4-H events
- Set up a display about pork at a local event.
- Talk on the radio during National Pork Month about the Pork Industry
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Nicky O
4/8/2008