I appreciate the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) serving free meals to people left homeless by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
That seems a very appropriate use of Beef Checkoff and the partnering federal dollars. Cattle producers are well known to use their own money to help people, and it seems good to use a small portion of our collective dollars from the checkoff to help people who definitely need it.
It is good to build relationships by partnering with Japanese food industry and other groups in Japan in the effort.
Information is from a story on the porkNetwork website, May 24, 2011.
mrj