My mission is to provide you the most delicious pork you have ever tasted and to conserve heirloom pigs in an authentic sustainable environment. I strive to preserve traditional methods of agriculture, like masting pigs in oak forests and growing them slowly gleening crops like peanuts and English Peas, while introducing modern improvements where they are appropriate, like water lines and electric fencing.

Heirloom pastured pork is not rocket science, its what everybody used to do--but few do it because it is totally inefficient in terms of the typical industrial calculations of land use/labor/speed of growth. The few pigs that we finish each year use land that would produce millions of pigs in a confinement setting; heirloom pork grows slower than their hybrid counterparts;, and me working out in the woods with a bunch of pigs just doesn't go very quickly, thank goodness.

Our primary customers are families across the country, and I am honored to work with some of the finest chefs in the world: Daniel Boulud, Michel Richard, Fabio Trabocchi, Thomas Keller, and Ed Witt of Il Buco in NYC--that's right Ed, you're up there with the big boys.

I have been farming in South Carolina for about a dozen years, and take an active role in supporting and assisting other sustainable farmers throughout the Carolinas with Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, 100% financially supported in my efforts by singer Jimmy Buffett and The Singing for Change Foundation.

As of March 30, 2006, I am the Democratic nominee for South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. If you are interested in farming at a broader level, please visit my campaign site E4Ag.com .

Some other organizations that share my philosophy:

Slow Food USA
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Georgia Organics
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
Anson Mills, sponsor of our Heritage Breed Program
Southern Foodways' John T. Edge is doing an incredible job for Southern Sustainable Food.
Edible Lowcountry Magazine--Putting South Carolina on Your Plate

Some other farms that raise delicious pork that is raised authentically and humanely:

Jamie and Amy Ager's beautiful farm near Asheville, NC
Bill Keener's Sesquatchie Grove Farm 423-942-9201
Flying Pigs Farm

Oaklyn Plantation's David White grows a tasty chicken and turkey and ships nationwide--and your dog will love his raw pet food!

And righteous sauces!
Palmetto Pepper Potions
BBQ Slather
Food for the Southern Soul