We pasture-raise our heritage-breed hogs. We purchase weened piglets from local producers who raise a variety of heritage pigs. These are older breeds that perform well with foraging instead of a grain only diet. Breeds such as Berkshire, Hampshire, Large Black and Red Waddle just to name a few, are what we have used with delicious success. The unique design of pork fat, allows it to absorb flavor from its food within a month of changing it’s diet. This gives us the ability to bring you a seasonally flavored pork, with lush greens in the summer and rich acorns in the fall. We do use some supplemental grain feed (which is okay because pigs are omnivores). We purchase this from a local mill and the grain they carry comes from a neighboring farm. Our pigs are not given any hormones or antibiotics because we use Diatomaceous Earth and apple cider to cleanse them of parasites.
We do not ring our pigs’ noses so they are able to do what pigs do best – root around in the soil. They eat grass, dirt, grubs, nuts like acorns in our woods, fermented grains (wheat, barley, sorghum), and supplemental non-GMO feed, as needed.
We sell our pork in shares by whole and halves, which you can order through our online store as they are available. These shares will still come cut into standard cuts and vacuum-sealed. If you are interested in getting the whole hog or half hog not processed into cuts, we can do that, as well.
