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Illinois Pork Producers Association and the Illinois Corn Marketing Board donated 100,263 pounds of ground pork to foodbanks throughout the state in 2019 on behalf of the Pork Power program. Since its inception in 2008, Pork Power has generated over 721,000 pounds of pork - nearly 3.8 million servings - for families throughout Illinois. Greater Chicago Food Depository in Chicago; Northern Illinois Food Bank in St. Charles; Peoria Area Food Bank in Peoria; River Bend Foodbank in Davenport, Iowa; Central Illinois Foodbank in Springfield; Eastern Illinois Foodbank in Urbana; St. Louis Area Foodbank in St. Louis, Mo.; Tri-State Foodbank in Evansville, Ind.; and Midwest Foodbank in Bloomington. In 2019, the following processors contributed time and talent towards ground pork donations: AJ’s Lena Maid Meats, Inc. Behrmann Meat & Processing Inc. Dutch Valley Meats Eickman’s Processing Co. Inc. Enfield Packing Plant Hartrich Meat Inc. Humphrey’s Market Johnson’s Processing Plant Jones Meat & Locker Korte Meat Processing Leiding’s Meats & Catering Magro’s Processing Inc. Miller’s Meat Market Norrenberns Foods Inc. Peoria Packing LTD Raber Packing Co. Salt & Strings Butchery Schneider’s Quality Meat Schubert’s Smokehouse Steidinger Foods Trenton Processing Center Inc. Thrushwood Farms Turkasy Meats Vancil Locker Wenneman Meat Co. "We recognize the need for high quality protein is year-round and Pork Power offers a practical way for Illinois farmers to work together to feed our communities," says Pam Janssen, IPPA president from Minonk.