[{"id":13134430236,"handle":"gifts-and-vouchers","updated_at":"2022-05-24T11:45:46+10:00","published_at":"2020-03-22T13:28:45+11:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Book \/ gifts \/ vouchers","body_html":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive your loved ones the gift of knowledge with a butchery or sausage making class voucher. They may think they know everything but you and I know that isn't true - and you should see what happens in the cool room when people start connecting with their inner butcher... \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlternatively, if they're total smarty pants and really do know much more than you, give 'em a gift voucher for our gorgeous tucker. At least they can't make you feel inadequate when their mouths are full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also give them a nice bag to hold all their loot. Or give them the full catastrophe - a voucher, a bag and a teatowel to keep things tidy. \u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2018-04-17T17:31:30+10:00","alt":"","width":1200,"height":1027,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2129\/0063\/collections\/Belted_Galloway_hide_on_cement_half_size_crop.jpeg?v=1576272170"}},{"id":13131743260,"handle":"cured-meats","updated_at":"2022-05-25T21:10:38+10:00","published_at":"2020-04-13T09:06:33+10:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Cured meats","body_html":"\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":1480,"height":1178,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2129\/0063\/collections\/Air_cured_pork_shoulder_whole_small.jpeg?v=1639112842"}}]
Here are a pair of heritage breed, Berkshire pigs hanging around in pasture, grazing on a diverse smorgasbord of plants and insects and digging in dirt rich with microbes and fungi. As life should be - and as it is for the whole pigs we receive from regeneratively-managed local farms. These are the pigs your hams come from.