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Heritage Breed Pigs: Why Raising Rare Breeds Matters for Biodiversity

In the wake of World War II, the rise of industrial agriculture fundamentally changed the world of meat production.

13/12/25 Farming Today This Week: turkeys; rural roads; off-grid communities; African swine fever; rare breed pigs.

Despite the impact of avian flu, which has been devastating for some turkey farmers, the industry says there will not be a shortage this Christmas. Poultry farms were hit so badly in 2022 that many ...
The Aspen Times

Rare Meishan pigs call the Roaring Fork Valley home

The Meishan pig, one of the world’s oldest domesticated breeds and critically endangered, has found a true home in the Roaring Fork Valley. Meishan pig breeder Nick Costello began working with the ...
WGAL

Meishan pigs show for first time at Lebanon Area Fair

BREEDING AND SHOWING THESE HOGS. ARE YOU CUTE? YEAH. YOU’RE CUTE. DOROTHY AND ELPHABA ARE NOT ONLY CUTE, BUT A RARE BREED IN NORTH AMERICA. THEY ARE MASON PIGS IMPORTED FROM CHINA WITH A NAME THAT ...

10/12/25 Swine fever, Turkeys, Rare breeds

Despite the impact of avian flu, which has been devastating for some turkey farmers, the industry says there will not be a shortage this Christmas. Poultry farms were hit so badly in 2022 that many ...