Pigs

Animal lover, Carlie Jackson, has penned a new children's book about factory farming pigs. I am NOT Bacon, is the story of Pedro the pig, who grows up on a factory farm. And his quest is to make… Audio

Last month an experiment conducted five years ago at Otago University which involved strapping live pigs to a surgical table and shooting them in the head to study so-called back spatter made… Audio

Motivated by the converging problems of environmental degradation, over population, peak oil and climate change, Olmec and Melisa Sinclair employ permaculture principals to develop resilient solutions… Audio, Gallery

The media here rolled out tons of pig puns for fun when that story about David Cameron broke in the UK. But was it fair? That controversial claim came in a book backed by a wealthy enemy out to get… Audio

An American couple, Naya Brangenberg and Jeremy Wilhelm, have settled in Wairarapa and turned a hobby of running rare breed pigs into a full scale, free range system supplying specialty outlets and… Audio, Gallery

Naya Brangenberg and Jeremy Wilhelm moved to the Wairarapa on a small farm to enjoy the quiet life on a few hectares of land and got a couple of pigs for food. But one theing led to another and now… Audio

Mark Essig is the author of 'Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig'. Audio

Patoa Farms has won the Lincoln University Foundation's South Island Farmer of the Year competition for 2014. Steve Sterne and Jens Raven purchased 400 hectares in Hawarden, North Canterbury in 1998… Audio

Grant and Ross Skilton farm 5000 pigs near Whanganui. Each week 25 litters are born, usually on a Wednesday, and another 240 pigs head off the farm for processing. The pigs grow from one kilogramme to… Audio