Red Meat Pork

We just took two of our Ossabaw Island Pigs to the processor over the weekend. We were excited to have the meat back in a record two days. As quickly as I could we cooked up some of our very own all natural pasture raised pork chops. This was a long and much anticipated meal. We were delighted with the taste and are happy to have a freezer full of pork to get us through the winter. The only draw back to this breed seems to be the lack of fat and increased muscle; which in most cases is a good thing but we didn't receive any bacon from these two pigs because of that.
The Ossabaw Island pig is a natural forager. This is much of the reason we choose to raise them on our farm. They do not require any additional feed when given good pasture to gaze on. With a large vegetable garden this year we have been very blessed to have extra to pass along to all the animals. They all go pretty crazy when they see Farmer D's farm truck back up to the gate filled with garden leftovers in the back. Check back with us in about 2 months and we will have some extra meat around to sell. One of our sow's is due in December and we will need to down size again.