Ontario’s hog farmers have donated 924 cases of fresh pork to Ontario food banks.
The program began decades ago when hog prices plunged so low that hog farmers were in desperate straits and Lynn Girty of Blenheim decided to publicize their plight by donating to food banks.
Others joined in and a few years later the Ontario Pork marketing board took over organization of the donations.
Farmers donate their hogs, truckers donate transportation and meat packers donate slaughter and processing.
