Each Monday, we post the upcoming events for the Meadowlands Commission and the Meadowlands Environment Center  through the upcoming weekend.

This week’s main event is a program on New Jersey swine on Thursday in the MEC at 1 p.m.
Details follow.
Thursday, Nov. 7, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
New Jersey Swine – Bringing Home the Bacon – All ages
New Jersey pigs, or swine as they were called, were much sought after in colonial and early America for their lard and meat, and our state was known to have the biggest and best pigs. Find out more about Burlington Ham, also known as Newbold Ham — a little-known and forgotten delicacy — as presenter Judith Russo explains why New Jersey swine was so special. $5/person; $4/MEC members
Meadowlands Environment Center
2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, 201-460-8300 or www.njmeadowlands.gov/ec