SPRINGFIELD — The IL Pork Leadership Institute (IPLI) is a summer trip intended for students ages 16-22 interested in the pork industry and agri-tourism. The trip will take place June 26-29, 2017. We have a beginning list of activities on our website along with the application. Some of the highlights this year are: Tours of Quincy Farm Products, Purina Mills and Moon Ridge Foods, Mastermind Escape Room, “Taste of STL” food tour, cooking class, and more!
Interested students need to fill out the application and turn it in to the IPPA office (or by email to jenny@ilpork.com) by June 1. Cost of the trip is only $100, the rest is sponsored. We can take up to 30 students.
Click here to learn more about IPLI and find the application as well.
— Illinois Pork Producers Association
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