The Illinois State Fair might officially start now on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting and the Twilight Parade but for 4 H kids and livestock families, the fair is already underway. That’s why the Illinois Pork Producers Association has their Swinetist program. 

Jenny Jackson with the IPPA says it’s an opportunity for kids with show pigs at the fair to understand the importance of keeping healthy pigs and bio security on the farm.

The event starts tonight at 4 at the swine building on the Illinois State Fair Grounds. Kids also get a pizza dinner and biosecurity bucket to go back to the farm with.