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Productive Landscapes…food
Burton Bradstock Pig Project
Ten families, all with a passion for pork,
embarked on a village project to rear pigs
locally so that they could produce free
range pork that their children had a
hand in rearing.
Putting an advert in the local Post Office,
they soon found land on the edge of the
village and became proud owners of 7
Saddleback piglets from an organic farm
just down the road. As Janis Bernadini,
one of the pig feeders explained ‘it felt
quite daunting to be left in charge but
we soon got the hang of how to look after
them and the kids were really keen to
get involved’.
Tilly, one of the children who regularly
helped with feeding said ‘we really
missed the pigs once they had gone, but
enjoyed eating them too. Because we
knew where the meat came from, we
didn’t want to waste any of it!’
The group had to learn very new skills –
practical things such as fencing and
feeding through to setting up a Blog
to keep everyone involved and sourcing
the right sort of food. There was so
much enthusiasm that they even hired a
butcher to work with them for a day on
some of the pigs to teach them the basics
of butchery and about the different cuts
of meat.
The Project is now in its second year and
looking forward to a delivery of pork soon.
‘we really missed the
pigs once they had
gone, but enjoyed
eating them too.
Because we knew
where the meat came
from, we didn’t want
to waste any of it!’