Ross Duffield: Modern, Family Farm-Scale Pastured Pork Production

The opportunity in local, humanely raised pastured pork production is skyrocketing, making it an ideal enterprise for consideration and a perfect complement to many forms of farming. Shoppers and chefs have discovered that with factory farming came a fall in quality and are now seeking the deep, rich flavor and healthier meat produced by heirloom breeds feeding on living forages outdoors. Rodale Institute is leading the way in designing and proving hybrid housing/production systems.

(1 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second) Recorded at the 2015 Acres U.S.A. Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Friday, December 11, 2015.