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] |