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Our farm is located near St. Matthews, SC, in the Edisto River watershed. The 90 acre farm is a mix of hardwoods and fields, in the sparsely inhabited and beautiful Calhoun County. We purchase our feed and supplies locally, and keep our dollars circulating in the local economy.

Our production is different from most other pig farms:

Heirloom pastured pigs are allowed to roam freely, socialize, and engage in instinctive pig behavior such as rooting, wallowing and foraging.

Sows are not crated. Instead, they give birth naturally, and raise their young without interference.

Pigs rotate through pasture and woods, where they graze on grasses, peas and peanuts, and eat acorns and hickory nuts.

They have free access to water and feed.

Sunshine and fresh air eliminate the need for any medications that factory farms use to maximize production.

We receive organic dairy and eggs from the local Earthfare supermarket, and mix this with certified organic byproducts of Anson Mills, for a treat that pigs love. They also get malted barley from my buddy Kevin's brewpub, the Hunter Gatherer, they love it!

No hormones or antibiotics or anything other than food you would eat yourself are given to our pigs.

The farm has no waste issues. Manure is returned to the soil where it is solarized and becomes fertilizer.

Our pork is selected to have a high percentage of intramuscular fat, like a choice steak. Regular pork is dry and flavorless, but ours is unfailingly moist and red.

Think of our pork as the other RED meat!



Flyfishing great and New York Times writer Peter Kaminsky has a new book out called Pig Perfect: Encounters with Remarkable Swine and Ways to Cook Them from Hyperion Press. For a terrific story by a qualified 'hamthropologist' read this beautiful and well documented book.

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