Jamesway and USPOULTRY present checks to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Kate Myers, foundation program coordinator for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, accepting check from John Starkey, president of U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, and Ian MacKinnon, president of Jamesway Incubator Company.

Ian MacKinnon, president of Jamesway Incubator Company, presented a check in the amount of $2,000 to Kate Myers, foundation program coordinator for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. U.S. Poultry & Egg Association matched Jamesway’s contribution with John Starkey, president, presenting the check. Hard Rock Café is also contributing $2 per every IPPE and IPE 65th anniversary pin sold. The presentation took place at the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo in Atlanta, the world’s largest annual tradeshow for the poultry, feed, and meat industries.

This is Jamesway’s fourth year of donating to the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has contributed for last three years, and Hard Rock Café for the last two years.

“Jamesway has been exhibiting for many, many years at the International Poultry Expo and have appreciated the support provided by the host city. Therefore, four years ago we started contributing to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to give something back to this community,” said MacKinnon.

“Once we learned what Jamesway was doing, we immediately wanted to match their contribution. Jamesway provided an outstanding example,” said Starkey.

“Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta relies on donors like Jamesway, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and Hard Rock Café to fulfill its mission of bringing health, hope and happiness to children through philanthropic support. The Children's Foundation provides medically needed healthcare to the children of Georgia who families could not otherwise afford to pay,” said Myers.

Event: More than 25,000 visitors and 1,189 exhibitors attend IPPE 2013

The 2013 International Production & Processing Expo exceeded its goal with more than 25,000 poultry, meat and feed industry leader attendees from all over the world. In addition, the show had 1,189 exhibitors with more than 430,000 net square feet of exhibit space. Final numbers will be released after the registration database has been audited for duplications. Sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, American Feed Industry Association, and the American Meat Institute, IPPE is the world's largest annual poultry, meat, and feed industry event of its kind.

"We are extremely pleased with the number of exhibitors and attendees on the exhibit floor for IPPE. We have had a great turn-out this year, and the energy and excitement on the floor has been apparent all week," remarked the three trade associations.

The central attraction was the large exhibit floor. Exhibitors presented the latest innovations in equipment, supplies, and services utilised by industry firms in the production and processing of poultry, eggs, feed products, and meat. Many companies use the annual event to highlight their new products. All phases of the poultry, feed, and meat industry were represented, from live production and processing to further processing and packaging.

An expanded education program complemented the exhibits by keeping industry management informed on the latest issues. This year’s educational line-up featured 15 programmes, ranging from an antibiotic conference on current issues for the poultry and egg industry to an international feed education program to international regulatory topics for meat.

The College Student Career Program attracted more than 400 students from 26 universities throughout the United States, while the new International Student Career Program brought in 13 students from four countries. The graduating students interviewed for jobs and internships with 93 human resource representatives from 28 industry and allied firms. They were also able to visit the exhibit floor to see the most current technology used in today's poultry industry.

Other featured events included a Tech XChange programme, the International Poultry Scientific Forum, Meat Me in @LANTA activities, publisher-sponsored programmes, and the Pet Food Conference, all of which made the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo the premiere annual feed and protein event of the western hemisphere.