This summer I am in charge of 8 piglets and 2 sows as part of my senior project. My goals are two-fold: First, to regenerate Virgina Russell Pasture (part of it), an 8-acre pasture on the Sterling College Farm by having the pigs tear up the earth, and then reseeding it with a pasture mix. Second, I aim to produce pork that is as reasonably priced as possible in order for it to be sold to low-income people. Bacon for all!The pigs will be out on pasture shortly. The farm manager, Stuart, and I will be fence training them this week, and they should be ready for pasture by next. (As well as fully weaned).
Edit 5/30: just kidding, they won't be fully weaned anytime soon. My adviser, the farm manager and I decided to try out letting the mom's control the weaning, since the piglets have been eating "grown-up" feed for awhile anyway. So they'll still be weaning when they go out on pasture.
I'll leave you with a video I took today of one persistent piglet and its mama (and her concurrent knocking over of her water container):
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