Happy Pigs
Sep 21, 2007 sustainable agriculture
 [Source: Simply Recipes] |
My friends fiancé puts meat into two categories. One is “happy meat”, and the other is simply meat she won’t eat. It struck me as funny the first time she said it to me, but really, is there a better description to give you a quick indication of exactly where a person is coming from?
This post today from Simply Recipes is one of the best I’ve read on pork farming. They were invited to Willis Farm, in Iowa, and after eight months of longing, they finally went. I think it does a good job stating the facts without getting overly biased one way or the other, and they took some amazing photos.
If you want to try and do the right thing by pigs, I know of three choices in our area: Benne’s Best Meat, Greenwood Farms, and Hinkebein Hills Farms.I’m sure there are more that I’m not aware of. If you know of any other sources for happy pigs or any other meat for that matter, please let us know in the comments.
edit: I was jealous to read the comments and see that St. Louis’ own, Alanna Kellogg of A Veggie Venture and Kitchen Parade, was also on hand. You can read her account right here.
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September 21st, 2007 at 9:29 am
Surprise, surprise, a St. Louisan made that trip too :0 — my post went live this morning. You might introduce yourself to the other St. Louis food bloggers too — http://kitchen-parade-veggieventure.blogspot.com/2006/12/st-louis-food-blogs.html.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Lucky Alanna indeed! I’m hoping to be able to spend some more time on farms this year, since I’m on a sabbatical leave.