The problem we see with free range pork is that it tends to be fatter. Customers are so brainwashed into believing everything has to be low fat that they see meat with a lot of fat on it an inferior product.

TarynW Are we going to hear about your project? Dont let pigfarmers comments silence you.

Butcherbob - you learn quickly that if you ask the girls in the 'office' a tricky question, the either disappear or try and change the subject.

Yes, free range pork is fatter than intensive. Our pigs are not manipulated by synthetic growth promotants antibiotics and drugs like paylean.

Bringing things back to hypocrites, people say they want welfare friendly farmed food but with all the features of intensively farmed. Let the pigs roll in the mud, that makes the hypocrites feel good, but dont worry about feeding them the drugs, no one can see that so it doesnt matter. Keep feeding them that chemical cocktail because we want lean meat. Dont worry about the lifetime of antibiotics the pigs is fed, it wont affect their health or their childrens. Wont it??

Animal welfare is more than just the visual stuff, that just serves to appease the conscience of these people that never bother to look any deeper.

Welfare friendly farming is about human welfare too, not just the animals.

Just like chicken, intensively farmed pigs are forced to grow as fast as possible. We have free range chickens here too (debeaked ooh aarr) These animals take a couple of weeks longer to grow when left in natures hands, and yes, as a result will lay down a little more fat.

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Alright heres one for you guys..

I heard the other day that pigfarmers in nsw..near Bingara ,were adding copious amounts of salt to the mash they feed to theyre pigs so that they may produce a superior porky crackle.

I believe they are getting ready for the busy christmas season and that other farmers in the area were very interested in this new practice.

I think that is very innovative and what a great boon to the consumer..perfect crackle every time.

Pigfarmer. I am on your side. I didnt mean they were right.

Heres something for you http://www.geocities.com/animalwelfare123 A mate told me about it. He says hese going to contribute, seems they are just looking for someone to go first.

Ozgirl. And we have a special name for girls like that too.