heritage pork

We love our pigs! Here at Black Dog Farm, we have always enjoyed raising pigs, though our trajectory has been evolving lately. We began raising Idaho Pasture Pigs, keeping breeding stock year round & raising our pigs from farrow to finish — meaning from birth to butcher. We absolutely love IPPs for their temperament and taste. However, after many years of success, our breeding started to go downhill. We spent a few years trouble shooting why we suddenly were having small litters and why our sows were taking a long time to get bred. Lots of experimenting and talking to other farmers led us to this conclusion: farrowing is really difficult, really unpredictable, and maybe not the best model for volume pork production. So, we are currently transitioning to purchasing just weaned feeder piglets and raising them to butcher. Our feeder piglets are a cross of a number of heritage breeds including Duroc and Old Spot. In addition to grazing our pastures, our pigs eat a feed that we custom grind and mix on the farm from Montana grown grains including peas, barley, wheat, sunflower seeds and camelina and also has an organic swine mineral, amino acids, and enzymes added to it. As with all of our feed, our pigs do not eat corn or soy. They are always outside, soaking up plenty of Vitamin D, getting the "zoomies," and digging for roots.

HOW TO PURCHASE

Pork cuts and 20# pork variety boxes can be ordered to your doorstep or picked up at the farm. Individual cuts can also be purchased at any of the farmers markets we attend. You can also get our pork in our Whole Farm CSA. We are not currently offering whole & half hogs as we do not have enough inventory to keep up with retail demand.

20# Pork Variety Box
20# Pork Variety Box
20# Pork Variety Box
20# Pork Variety Box
20# Pork Variety Box
20# Pork Variety Box

20# Pork Variety Box

$289.00
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An awesome pork sampler box! 20# of our pasture raised pork for you to try. Most boxes include a roast (shoulder or loin), 1-2 packages of pork chops, plain ground pork, specialty sausage (breakfast, Italian, and/or chorizo), bratwurst (regular, mozzarella pineapple, and/or blueberry cheddar), cured ham hock, and bacon (regular, jowl, and/or cottage). There is variation depending on current availability. If you do not want something (i.e. no cured meats), just let us know!