Ontario Pork Aims to Connect with Consumers

Jan 16, 2014

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.

Video: Seaweed-Based Solutions: Building Natural Performance in Modern Swine Production

In today’s pork industry, producers are under increasing pressure to do more with fewer inputs—while maintaining performance, improving animal health, and meeting sustainability expectations.

we sit down with Sylvain David and Scott Preston from Olmix to explore how seaweed-based solutions are emerging as a foundational tool in modern swine nutrition.

Rather than acting as simple alternatives, these solutions are designed to support gut health, immune resilience, and overall system consistency—especially during key stress periods like weaning, feed transitions, and disease challenges.

The conversation dives into:

• What seaweed-based solutions actually are and how they work

• Why consistency and standardization matter in “natural” products

• How gut health connects to immune function and performance

• Where producers are seeing real-world impact today

• The role of natural solutions in the future of sustainable pork production