Pork checkoff gave more than $17 million for ag research over a decade

Pork checkoff gave more than $17 million for ag research over a decade

In January, subscribers to the American Society for Nutrition’s email listserv received an ad from the National Pork Board. The organization, which promotes the pork industry, wanted funding requests for research that would help “advance understanding” of pork’s role in “healthy diet patterns” and as an “environmentally sustainable protein.” The NPB is one of dozens of “checkoff” programs that help advertise agriculture commodities, such as mi…