A Film about how the hogs are getting on in their woodland pasture.
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25 Responses to Podchef’s Pastured Pork–Part Two
What type of fencing do you and what is your rotation plan? We have been
raising Durocs and we want to adopt your methods. Would love to learn more.
So, are you donating huge amounts of pork to starving people in Zimbabwe?
Or are you selling it to supply supermarkets? The best thing that can
happen for people who are starving, is not corporate ag. It’s the chance to
develop their own healthy, local food economy. THAT feeds people.
Podchef, tell me more about the mesh/net enclosure you’ve got these pigs
in. Product name/manufacturer, spacing of supporting posts, how do you keep
the pigs from rooting under it, etc. Thanks for the great vids.
Firstly, how much pork do you eat? My family of 7 only uses two hogs per
year–plenty of meat for normal people. Secondly, millions of people are
going to starve anyway. . .Intensive, industrial food has seen its day. It
is going to collapse. Don’t you read the headlines? MRSE found in
factory-farm pig workers. Pig Brains inhaled by slaughterhouse workers make
them ill. Fat to meat promoters sicken countless people. Manure lagoons
spill over & kill fish. My “inefficient” way is age-old & proven
@hacknsack2 May I point out that by raising meat people starve, it is more
“efficient” to grow food that to rear it in nutritional terms. However pork
is mighty fine!
@nogerdsurg swine flu does not come from hogs in the natural habitat, this
is a natural way of raising them, not on a concrete floor where they can
move becasue of the other pigs, and crap and urine and dead hogs everywhere
like those big factories, you know nothing of the natural way.
@hacknsack2 Wow way to be ignorant. This operation is natural as pig would
be in the wild. How efficient is none of your business. Factory farms will
always exist. Please learn the facts before you give people shit. -Thanks
Great video by the way.
The difference in the quality of the meat of a naturally raised pig or hog
(a pig is a young hog) is UNBELIEVABLY different from factory-farmed pork.
Don’t take my workd for it – find some in your area and *try* it! Aside
from health & animal quality-of-life concerns, those who have tasted the
difference can seldom go back. Factory-farm pork even smells bad. Ditto for
chicken. Try the real thing, and you are in for a taste treat! Enjoy!
I use an electric sheep net fence from Premier1. They work well. At the
time I made this film I was using two nets together. Now, I find one is
enough and I don’t have to move them any more often. If anything I have to
move them a bit less. Then I just set up the second net and usher the
porkers into it. I move them around ever 2-3 weeks. It takes almost 2 acres
to grow pigs for a season my way. The land has to be fallowed from pigs for
2, better 3, years. Watch my other pig videos for more info
Ya. Pig nipples are quite common. The piglets know instinctively what to
do. The first time I was prepared to have to “teach” them how to drink out
of them by putting molasses, etc on the nipple. It blew me away that they
just got it. This system works great because there is little waste and the
pigs can’t foul the water.
Factory-style agriculture (incl. crops & Confined Animal Feeding
Operations) can only be considered ‘efficient’ because of how they do the
accounting. Yes, they raise more hogs on the same sq feet of ground- but
don’t count the acres needed to grow the grain. They don’t count the cost
of: manure & dead pig/hog handling, building manure lagoons, loss of
nutrients not efficently recycled, damage by overflow of raw manure,
antibiotics used to keep them alie & growing in those conditions, etc.
To be right, the ground needs to be harrowed flat again, but the hay is a
cheap way of reseeding the ground and is good for the pigs. The hay I use
is from natural, local wild grass meadows and is very diverse. I also use
it to rebuild worn out pasture areas.
@hacknsack2 So, Hackensack2, are you feeding people in Zimbabwe or Haiti?
Or are you feeding people who buy meat at the supermarket? You never did
answer and tell me if you donate to staving people anywhere.
What breed of pig are you raising? Is the meat quality different depending
on the breed? My husband and I are considering pigs now that we have
chickens and cows pretty well figured out.
What type of fencing do you and what is your rotation plan? We have been
raising Durocs and we want to adopt your methods. Would love to learn more.
ziggymainer
December 1, 2014 at 9:54 pm
So, are you donating huge amounts of pork to starving people in Zimbabwe?
Or are you selling it to supply supermarkets? The best thing that can
happen for people who are starving, is not corporate ag. It’s the chance to
develop their own healthy, local food economy. THAT feeds people.
jbeargrr
December 1, 2014 at 10:06 pm
Podchef, tell me more about the mesh/net enclosure you’ve got these pigs
in. Product name/manufacturer, spacing of supporting posts, how do you keep
the pigs from rooting under it, etc. Thanks for the great vids.
samugoro
December 1, 2014 at 10:48 pm
Firstly, how much pork do you eat? My family of 7 only uses two hogs per
year–plenty of meat for normal people. Secondly, millions of people are
going to starve anyway. . .Intensive, industrial food has seen its day. It
is going to collapse. Don’t you read the headlines? MRSE found in
factory-farm pig workers. Pig Brains inhaled by slaughterhouse workers make
them ill. Fat to meat promoters sicken countless people. Manure lagoons
spill over & kill fish. My “inefficient” way is age-old & proven
Podchef
December 1, 2014 at 11:41 pm
I wish I could have some of their bacon!!! YUMMY Ooo Or some cracklins!
TarotLadyLissa
December 2, 2014 at 12:25 am
@hacknsack2 May I point out that by raising meat people starve, it is more
“efficient” to grow food that to rear it in nutritional terms. However pork
is mighty fine!
Aaron Leadley
December 2, 2014 at 1:13 am
@nogerdsurg swine flu does not come from hogs in the natural habitat, this
is a natural way of raising them, not on a concrete floor where they can
move becasue of the other pigs, and crap and urine and dead hogs everywhere
like those big factories, you know nothing of the natural way.
Team Too Deep!
December 2, 2014 at 1:41 am
This is a proper way to raise meat. And if meat were raised this way it
would be heathier. PETA is not the answer.
naturalraes
December 2, 2014 at 2:20 am
Are you not concerned that the pigs could do a lot of damage to the tree
roots, as cattle do?
Laurie Karn
December 2, 2014 at 2:27 am
@hacknsack2 Wow way to be ignorant. This operation is natural as pig would
be in the wild. How efficient is none of your business. Factory farms will
always exist. Please learn the facts before you give people shit. -Thanks
Great video by the way.
Farmallbarn
December 2, 2014 at 3:00 am
The difference in the quality of the meat of a naturally raised pig or hog
(a pig is a young hog) is UNBELIEVABLY different from factory-farmed pork.
Don’t take my workd for it – find some in your area and *try* it! Aside
from health & animal quality-of-life concerns, those who have tasted the
difference can seldom go back. Factory-farm pork even smells bad. Ditto for
chicken. Try the real thing, and you are in for a taste treat! Enjoy!
Jefferdaughter
December 2, 2014 at 3:23 am
LOved it. Thanks!
PerisFilm
December 2, 2014 at 3:51 am
how many pigs do you need to have some steady income?
DrewDawg50
December 2, 2014 at 4:43 am
@Podchef Well said
bofts
December 2, 2014 at 5:33 am
I use an electric sheep net fence from Premier1. They work well. At the
time I made this film I was using two nets together. Now, I find one is
enough and I don’t have to move them any more often. If anything I have to
move them a bit less. Then I just set up the second net and usher the
porkers into it. I move them around ever 2-3 weeks. It takes almost 2 acres
to grow pigs for a season my way. The land has to be fallowed from pigs for
2, better 3, years. Watch my other pig videos for more info
Podchef
December 2, 2014 at 5:36 am
Ya. Pig nipples are quite common. The piglets know instinctively what to
do. The first time I was prepared to have to “teach” them how to drink out
of them by putting molasses, etc on the nipple. It blew me away that they
just got it. This system works great because there is little waste and the
pigs can’t foul the water.
Podchef
December 2, 2014 at 6:16 am
Factory-style agriculture (incl. crops & Confined Animal Feeding
Operations) can only be considered ‘efficient’ because of how they do the
accounting. Yes, they raise more hogs on the same sq feet of ground- but
don’t count the acres needed to grow the grain. They don’t count the cost
of: manure & dead pig/hog handling, building manure lagoons, loss of
nutrients not efficently recycled, damage by overflow of raw manure,
antibiotics used to keep them alie & growing in those conditions, etc.
Jefferdaughter
December 2, 2014 at 7:12 am
swatting flies with a hatchet ignore trolls
edstites
December 2, 2014 at 7:56 am
To be right, the ground needs to be harrowed flat again, but the hay is a
cheap way of reseeding the ground and is good for the pigs. The hay I use
is from natural, local wild grass meadows and is very diverse. I also use
it to rebuild worn out pasture areas.
Podchef
December 2, 2014 at 8:17 am
@hacknsack2 So, Hackensack2, are you feeding people in Zimbabwe or Haiti?
Or are you feeding people who buy meat at the supermarket? You never did
answer and tell me if you donate to staving people anywhere.
jbeargrr
December 2, 2014 at 8:37 am
What breed of pig are you raising? Is the meat quality different depending
on the breed? My husband and I are considering pigs now that we have
chickens and cows pretty well figured out.
okfarmgal
December 2, 2014 at 9:24 am
Thanks for the great vids, keep up the good work. Cheers
yachtnick05
December 2, 2014 at 10:21 am
nice narration thank you very much
steve bournias
December 2, 2014 at 10:55 am
Email me.
Podchef
December 2, 2014 at 11:40 am
@nogerdsurg looks like i clicked on the wrong name to reply, prob normal
for me, relax,
Team Too Deep!
December 2, 2014 at 12:11 pm