Heritage Hogs
Our pork is raised from farrow (birth) to finish. We combined two heritage breeds, the Tamworth sows with the Gloucester Old Spot boar. The girls can trace their ancestry back to Ireland where they are known as Irish grazers. The boar can trace his heritage back to the English Nobilty who used them to clean up the apple orchard after a harvest. Both breeds thrive on pasture and the outdoors. They spend their days basking in the sun, taking mud baths and using the trees as back scratchers. The girls have their piglets in A-frame huts, outside. By the second day there are piglets running everywhere, chasing each other and mom, learning that their snouts double as bull dozers, and the more they squeal the faster mom feeds them.
We have also started raising a heritage breed called Large Blacks. They are very docile and known for being excellent mothers. So far we really like them. They are listed on the Slow Foods Arc of Taste.
The meat of both breeds is sweet and tender. You may notice some off coloring in the meat, that is due to the skin color variations on the animals. Our piggies have spots.
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