Free Range…Pigs?
It`s not something we hear a whole lot of (depending on the circles one runs in I suppose) but I thought this short video was really clever at debunking so many of the common myths of pigs (i.e. that they are dirty, happy in cages, unintelligent, are well suited for life in a pen).
The video above features Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall Of River Cottage in the UK. He is a celebrity chef, TV host, author, teacher, farmer and restraunteur – much more on him to come in the future.
To see a more local version (and a unique way a farmer can benefit from letting his pigs root in fields, check out last years photos and post of Mark Trealout`s (Grassroots Organics, Kawartha Ecological Growers) pigs (`This little piggy went to the farm.`)