tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post1600844257721487890..comments2023-11-07T06:51:41.301-06:00Comments on The Beginning Farmer: Mmmm... Tasty Pork!Ethan Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333115493519268802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-6233399322839325102008-01-25T11:38:00.000-06:002008-01-25T11:38:00.000-06:00My wife's uncle, who was mostly a hay farmer, has ...My wife's uncle, who was mostly a hay farmer, has started to raise pigs. Some friends of ours do as well.<BR/><BR/>Goodness it's good. <BR/><BR/>I have to admit this surprised me. It shouldn't, as our own beef is much better than the supermarket beef. The same is true of farm raised pigs.<BR/><BR/>The only disagreement my wife and I have on this pertains to the ham. I really like the ham, but my wife isn't quite so keen on it. I think it's more lightly cured than the kind you get in the store, so that's probably the reason we disagree on it.Yeomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907293659510877574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-66396612716511301932008-01-25T10:26:00.000-06:002008-01-25T10:26:00.000-06:00Intially I wanted to raise a few pigs a year for f...Intially I wanted to raise a few pigs a year for family. After reading how commercial hogs are raised, and what they are fed, I felt that I had the capacity to provide a much better, healthier for your family product. Thats when I really decided to make pork a large part of our vision as a sustainable farm.<BR/><BR/>I didn't realize what a huge demand there was for pastured pork. Not only this, but different varieties. This new area I have built for my hogs, about 8 acres, is loaded with oaks. Acorn finished pork is a delicacy. Problem is, acorns fall around Oct. and Nov. So now I have to develop a way to catch acorns on all our trees so that I can store them and finish hogs in the spring as well.<BR/><BR/>Your right. In todays market where people want to be able to visit your farm and actually see with their eyes their food being raised, you have to be able to offer more than one thing. If people want to buy beef from you, it only makes sense to provide their pork, chicken, lamb, eggs, etc. Sort of streamlining products but keeping the same integrity. <BR/><BR/>Good post.Kramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390734722041024250noreply@blogger.com