While the number of independent hog farms has plummeted in Midwestern states, replaced by conglomerates with more than 500,000 swine, the tally of small pig farms in New Hampshire is climbing, ...
I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...
Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate. The contribution of small and industrial-scale farming to ...
He's trying to bring home the bacon while selling his own ethically farmed Christmas hams. Mr Graham, along with his family-run Mirrabooka Pork, a small-scale free-range pig farm at Tullymorgan, and ...
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Safeguarding our native pigs

In the quiet backyards of many rural communities, a small but important animal has sustained families for generations. Known locally as the native pig, this breed (Sus scrofa domesticus) is more than ...