Forest Raised Pork:

We have a lot of mature forest on our home quarter, and because we heat our house and shop with an outdoor wood boiler, we can selectively harvest trees to allow more light to reach the ground for a more productive forest. Pigs pair perfectly with this more open canopy by rooting around and disturbing the seed bank to allow new seedlings to take advantage of the increased light filtering through! They will be moved to a new paddock at least once per week, and will be supplemented with grain, seasonal wild mushrooms, and nuts and fruits, such as acorns, chokecherries, Saskatoons and apples, along with plenty of LOOP produce.Pigs have the innate need to explore, forage and root around! Here at Deer Meadow Farmacy, we let all our pigs express their natural behavours. This allows them to thrive and really be as, “happy as a pig in muck”. Being able to soak up the sun and have a very diverse diet does not only benefit our pigs. This positively affects the environmental health and our consumers health.I can’t express enough how passionate we are about the health of our environment, our animals and our consumers.