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Bartering with bacon: One man's journey across the U.S.

Updated: Friday, 14 Sep 2012, 5:11 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 14 Sep 2012, 5:11 PM EDT

Kyle Bloyd

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Is it possible to barter all the way across the United States when your only asset is bacon?

Comedian Josh Sankey and Oscar Meyer have teamed to see if it's possible, and they found themselves in West Lafayette today.

Twin Pines Cooperative at Purdue University did some bartering with Sankey and in return he received 29 interns.

He got a meal, his truck cleaned and they found some time to play board games.

"These girls here at Twin Pines hit me up on Twitter and are like, 'We got 29 girls that love bacon, love you to stop by and barter with us.' And I'm like, 'How can we pass that up?'" said Sankey.

Sankey is looking to head toward Chicago next.

You can follow his progress on the Bacon Barter Twitter.

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