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Pork Producer Organization Launches New Recipe Website, TV Commercial Series

By Amanda Brodhagen, Farms.com

Ontario Pork, the producer organization which represents the 1,600 hog farmers in the province unveiled an enhanced recipe website and a new television commercial series on Thursday, intended to provide consumers with reliable information about pork products.

According to its swine business website, Ontario Pork said the television commercials will air on four stations including, Global, CityTV, CTV and Omni. The commercials started airing Jan. 13 and will run until March 10, 2014.

The commercials can be viewed on Ontario Pork’s YouTube channel (Ontario Pork recipes), along with its other cooking videos by clicking here. The following is one of two commercials, which features Rod de Wolde, a third generation pig farmer from Millbrook, Ont. sharing why he believes it’s important to know where your pork products come from.
 


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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.