Despite the devastating and challenging COVD-19 events of 2020, we are looking ahead to a bright New Year. However, in 2020 some unexpected positives shone through in the rendering industry. NARA recognizes and celebrates the helpful, talented, and flexible creativity that helped achieve them. In spring 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic reached its first peak and the U.S. began shutting down, the rendering industry joined forces with other national agricultural organizations to advocate that rendering