'Wild Boar To Baconfest' Coming To St. Charles This Weekend

ST. CHARLES, IL — The Kane County Forest Preserve District is hosing a "Wild Boar to Baconfest" from 9:30 to 11 a.m. June 28 at the Barbara Balding Lodge in St. Charles.

The free program will include a lecture by Cynthia Clampitt, who will present the history of pigs and pork, with a focus on the Midwest, according to a news release. Pigs were the first food animals to be domesticated, and their history with humans dates back more than 12,000 years.

However, antiquity is just one of the reasons why pork is the most eaten meat in the world, forest preserve district officials said.

The "dynamic indoor presentation dives into this odd, paradoxical animal and its many advantages and challenges," according to the forest preserve district press release.

This free program, which will be held at the Barbara Belding Lodge, which is located within the Brewster Creek Forest Preserve at 6N921 IL Route 25 in St. Charles, is for ages 18 years old and older, and advance registration is required. To register, visit www.kaneforest.com/register, call 630-444-3190 or email programs@kaneforest.com.

The program is part of a local "Learn from the Experts" series, which are classes about local ecology that are put on by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, the St. Charles Park District and the Geneva Park District.

More information on Kane County Forest Preserves programs planned for the coming months can be found on the forest preserves website.