Hooray for National Pork Month! At the Oklahoma Pork Council, we work to celebrate our industry no matter the date on the calendar, but there is something extra special about October. Throughout the next four weeks we are excited to commemorate Pork Month with some incredibly fun opportunities to engage our farmers, consumers, and friends. See a few highlights below, and tune into Oklahoma Pork's social channels this month for several cool new ways to praise our people and our pigs!

First up, our first ever "PIGture" contest is now open. We are calling all pork enthusiasts to snap a quick photo of anything "pigtastic" in your life, and tag @OKPork on social media. This could be the cutest piglet on your farm, your dog holding his favorite pig squeaky toy, the snazzy Pork Council socks you rocked in a business meeting, or so much more. Anything that makes you smile related to pigs and pork is a great submission that will ultimately provide one lucky "PIGture" participant with $500 to share with an Oklahoma charity of their choice.

Another unique Pork Month event is our Give Back Night hosted at OKC restaurant Spark on October 14. Spark may be mostly known as a burger joint, but as we all know - it's the bacon on a hamburger that really makes it delicious. Their bacon cheese fries and corndogs are also tasty ways to add some pork to your plate as the Spark Nichols Hills location donates 15% of their proceeds from 5 to 8 p.m. that evening to Feed the Children in partnership with the Oklahoma Pork Council.

Additionally, stay tuned for an awesome scholarship contest featuring college students with a passion for pork and other unique Pork Month programming. We have a lot of special plans for October, and we want you to be part of it. Click here to fill out our Pork Month contact form, and you might just receive a limited edition Oklahoma Pork Council Pork Month tshirt to help spread pork's tasty message to all your friends. Thank you to our producers for creating such a worthy reason to celebrate this October!