Registering is simple. Just visit and "like" the Illinois
Department of Agriculture Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/
IllinoisDepartmentofAgriculture, or sign up to follow the
department's Twitter account at
https://twitter.com/#!/ILAgMarkets.Every day until
Christmas, the department will randomly select one person from
its Facebook and Twitter fans to win featured Illinois food
products. Prizes range from Illinois wines and cheese to an
Illinois State Fair pork package, homemade cookies, gourmet
popcorn and handmade chocolates.
The department's Bureau of Marketing and Promotion is
sponsoring the contest to increase awareness of the wide variety
of food products manufactured in Illinois and the economic
importance of the state's food industry.
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All the products being given away were donated. For more
information, contact Jennifer Tirey, chief of marketing,
promotion and grants, at 217-782-8146.
[Text from
Illinois
Department of Agriculture
file received from the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information] |