North Carolina Pork Council
The North Carolina Pork Council is a nonprofit, chartered in 1962 and is the oldest state pork producer organization in the nation that has operated under a mandatory checkoff funding system.{{cite web |title=Mission |url=https://ncpork.org/mission/ |publisher=North Carolina Pork Council |access-date=6 January 2025}} They are a funder of the North Carolina Plant Science Initiative at North Carolina State University.{{cite web |title=N.C. Pork Council |url=https://cals.ncsu.edu/psi/news/tag/n-c-pork-council/ |publisher=North Carolina State University |access-date=6 January 2025}}
The Council has been a long-time organizer of and sanctioned the Whole Hog State Barbecue Championship drawing over 130,000 attendees each year, raising over $100,000 for charities.{{cite web |title=Cooking Up Some Serious Excitement for a Barbecue Championship |url=https://www.eandvgroup.com/successes/n-c-pork-council/ |publisher=Eckel & Vaughan |access-date=6 January 2025}}
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