Source:  Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE.COM, 10/18/10

Two agriculture-related student organizations at the University of Arkansas combined efforts to coordinate "Meat on Monday," an event promoting the consumption of meat, beef, chicken and pork as part of a healthy diet.

Students belonging to the UA Block and Bridle club and the UA Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow club distributed free packets of beef jerky at various locations on campus as well as at the State Fair in Little Rock last week.

Naming the campaign “Meat on Monday” was a takeoff on the “Meatless Monday” campaign launched by a nonprofit group in 2003 and aimed at reducing meat consumption.    

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