Adopt A Retailer

Adopt A Retailer Goal

Connect Pork Producers directly to retailers, to be a resource for:

• Training• Info on modern agriculture• On-farm information • Retailer needs• Building a relationship of trust, communication

and understanding

The Pork Producers

Operation Main Street (OMS) veterans Trained public speakers Have given hundreds of OMS presentation

Farming and pork production are what they do everyday

In October 2010 they underwent retail training Pork 101 Retail Overview Day in the life – Clarence Oliver

BJ’s Team Conference Vendor Show Booth – Education on Animal Welfare• BJ’s Vendor Conference• Comprehensive and intensive vendor show that

encouraged engagement of several key levels of management with the goal of educating team members on various topics

• Meat department wanted to deliver information on modern pork production

• Goals• Open dialogue• Better understanding of food production• Answer member questions

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• Key deliverables• Modern production

• Changes and improvements of methods and products over time

• Changes in facilities for care of animals

• Key deliverables• “Face” on pork production• Animal well -being

• Gestation stalls – Why?• Prevention - Antibiotics• Stewardship

How can AAR Producers Help You? Meat department training/meetings Company training Answering consumer questions / preparing

frontline employees Sharing pork producers’ commitment to

environment, food safety, animal welfare, health and community with any group you need

Connecting people to where their food comes from

This message funded by America’s Pork Checkoff Program.

America’s Pork Producers are happy to speak for our industry, providing accurate, fact-based

presentations