Pork Shares

This year, we are raising Red Wattle Hogs and Heritage Cross Hogs at our founding farm, Tabula Rasa Farms.

Our winter batch of hogs were tucked into the Korean Natural Farming Piggery for the cold and wet winter months, mimicking their natural environment while staying dry and warm in the frigid weather. They get regular treats from our garden and restaurant, including apples and pumpkins, along with other garden scraps. This style piggery is a microbially-inoculated deep litter system that utilizes layers of biochar, logs, wood chips, and sawdust. Plus, the heat from the natural composting keeps them nice and warm. 

The spring-fall hogs are raised on a Silvopasture system (the deliberate integration of trees and grazing livestock operations on the same land). Rotational grazing is a key management activity when using silvopasture in order to minimize damage to trees, and maximize vegetative plant growth and harvest. This system can also provide an attractive landscape with an aesthetically pleasing “park-like” setting —that both the pigs and the farmers can enjoy!

Deposits: Buying meat in bulk as a share is the most economical way to source the highest quality meat, raised regeneratively, and in direct support of your land stewards. Requiring a deposit will allow us to sustainably plan the herd with our farming partners, ensuring they will have the correct amount of animals at the time of harvest.