NOVUS and Nutra Blend are partnering to bring young pork enthusiasts to center stage – literally. The Young Pork Advocates Issues Meet is returning to the World Pork Expo for the third time. The competition will take place June 3-4 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Hosted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and sponsored by NOVUS and Nutra Blend, the event features participants ages 18 to 22 who will take the stage to offer their solutions to specific industry issues. Those solutions are then translated into mock motions that mimic the NPPC policy development process, giving competitors a look at how industry decisions in the U.S. are made, a release said.
The top advocates will receive scholarship funds with first place earning $10,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the NCCP’s Fall Legislative Action Conference later this year in Washington, D.C.
The event showcases some of the best and brightest who are planning to make pork production their lifelong career, says NOVUS Regional Sales Manager Eric Sanny.
“The young people who participate are exceptional,” Sanny says. “The ideas they present demonstrate the strength of the future pork industry workforce. I’m looking forward to meeting the next generation of pork experts during this year’s meet.”
Rounds one and two of the competition will be held on June 3 at the Varied Industries Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The final round will be held on June 4 at the Anne & Bill Riley Stage immediately before a live concert to close the Expo.
For more information about Young Pork Advocate Issues Meet, visit worldpork.org/issues-meet.
