FAIR OAKS, Ind. — Pig farming, perhaps, never had exposure so good.

Not only will the industry be taught about from birth of piglets to the dinner table, but celebrated with live music fittingly provided for the occasion by the world famous Bacon Brothers Band.

The “Sizzling Day of Bacon” is scheduled for June 28 at Fair Oaks Farms in northwestern Indiana, for the grand opening of its Pork Education Center. The center on the grounds of the 40,000-acre agritourism farm is billed as the only one in the nation that provides a beginning-to-end look at pig farming – and will be featured on the Animal Planet show “Redwood Kings.”

As part of the grand opening, there will be tours of the center and presentations on how pork products are used in daily life. People can also watch videos about selecting and preparing pork, view a giant storyboard or play pig-related games while children explore the center’s treehouse featuring a “bacon slide” and fireplace.

Leaders in the pork industry will also be on hand along with food samples and other fun activities. “It will be an exciting event for the whole family,” said Brian Martin, president of the board of directors for the Pig Adventure facility at Fair Oaks Farms, located off Interstate 65 near DeMotte.

The Pig Adventure, which opened last year, focuses on the life journey of a pig while the Pork Education Center has more to do with the farming aspect of pigs. The mission of the new center is to educate consumers about the uses of pork products, what it takes to bring pork to the dinner table and setting industry standards, officials said.

Jed Stockton, communications director for Fair Oaks Farms, said the new center sprung from a partnership with nearby Bestra Milling, which raises pigs and produces animal feed, as a way to further educate the public.

“It kind of pulls the veil off pork production and allows people to see how pork is raised for consumption,” he explained.

The center also provides information about the role pigs have played in science and human health. For example, the veins from pigs are used as new arteries to bypass clogged ones in heart bypass surgery patients.

Other highlights of the grand opening include a “battle of the chefs” pork cook-off competition and a “bacon shake” for kids. And the Bacon Brothers Band, headed by actor Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael, was formed in 1995 and has performed worldwide while releasing seven albums and a live concert DVD.

Tickets for all of the events, including the concert, are $45 for adults and $21 for children. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://fofarms.com or go to Ticketweb, or contact Nicki Mackowski-Gladstone at nicki@mixdesign.com or 219-322-7190.

Fair Oaks Farms has 40,000 dairy cows that produce 6 million pounds of milk daily, along with 7,800 sows that give birth to 98,000 piglets annually, said Stockton. Some of its milk goes to fairlife, a new product that began hitting store shelves earlier this year and is touted as having more protein and calcium and less sugar from a cold filtering process that also leaves the milk lactose-free.

The piglets at the farm are sold for finishing before reaching the market, he said. The dairy farm started in 2004 and the entire operation, including delivery trucks, is powered by energy derived from the manure of its cows and pigs.

Increasingly, Fair Oaks has become a major agritourism destination with about a half-million visitors each year. Other attractions include the farm-to-fork Farmhouse Restaurant, with half of its menu consisting of food grown at the farm, along with 11 dairy barns.

One of the dairy barns is open for tours to show how milk and other dairy products including cheese and yogurt are made.

Chocolates just started being made on the grounds as well.

“People want to know where their food comes from, and we’re here to show them,” said Stockton.