Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

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Pork Industry Environmental Stewards

• Sponsored by the Pork Checkoff and National Hog
  Farmer magazine

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Maken Bacon Farm

• Tom, Kyle and Randy Brown, Nevada, Ohio
• Pork producing family
• since the 1930s
• 2005 Environmental Steward Award Winners

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Maken Bacon Farm

• Farrow-to-finish
• 2 sites

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Reconciling neighbors and pork production
Drive-by shooting!
Good neighbor relations are a top priority!
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What they see
they may not understand
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Neighbor relations

• Scheduling application around weekends, summer
  grilling, birthdays
• Constant communication
• Hams around Christmas
• Listening to neighbor concerns
• Keeping farm clean and appealing to the eye
• Being involved in the community
• More

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