[{"id":13131743260,"handle":"cured-meats","updated_at":"2024-04-27T21:05:05+10:00","published_at":"2023-07-04T14:22:02+10:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Cured \u0026 smoked pastured meats","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eAll of these products go beautifully together on a grazing platter with a jar of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/collections\/cured-meats\/products\/organic-chicken-liver-pate-2\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Organic Chicken Liver Paté\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eOrganic Chicken Liver Paté\u003c\/a\u003e, our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/collections\/cured-meats\/products\/wild-ale-honey-mustard\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Wild Ale \u0026amp; Honey Mustard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003emustard\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/collections\/cured-meats\/products\/pickled-cucumbers\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pickled Cucumbers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003epickled cucumbers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll our cured pork products are made from slow-growing, pasture-raised pigs and this is a rare thing. Think about it this way. Around 3% of Australian pigs are raised outside on pasture, healthy and free to do their piggy thing. Between 50-75% of most pigs are cured for ham, bacon, salami etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich means that, at most, only about 1.5% of the cured pork sold in restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, butchers and delis is made from pasture-raised pork.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other 98.5% is made from intensively-raised pork, often imported. Pigs squashed together inside, restricted, medicated and definitely not free to do their piggy thing. Who wants to eat that?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/blogs\/chew-the-fat\/pastured-pork-is-hard-to-find\" title=\"Pastured pork is hard to find\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead more about pasture-raised pork.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2018-04-17T17:20:27+10:00","alt":"","width":1665,"height":1508,"src":"\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Air_cured_pork_shoulder_whole_small.jpeg?v=1685690633"}}]