Immaculate Heart Farm

Why Pastured?
Pasturing pigs has several benefits that we value.
1. Sanitation: Pasturing pigs gives them fresh air and sunlight (a natural disinfectant), and it spreads out manure evenly. When we move the pigs to a fresh pasture periodically it keeps them healthy, and they have less need for antibiotics.
2. Taste: Pasturing pigs makes our pork taste much better than store-bought conventionally raised pork. a healthy balance between exercised muscle and fat is what makes a really succulent meat. Pasturing pork naturally helps achieve that balance.
3. Balanced diet: Pigs are Omnivores. While it is not natural for pigs to eat exclusively grass (like cows), they should eat some grass as a part of a healthy diet.
4. Stress-free: They are happy and stress-free out in the pasture. When pigs are not constantly stressed (like they are in confinement feed lots) they are happy and end up tasting better. We are happy to respect the pigs and give them happy lives.
5. Soil Impact: Having a healthy amount of disturbance on the soil is good for the environment, and good for the soil. One of our goals as a farm is to heal the soil from conventional farming, and the pigs will help us with this goal.
For more background for this method of raising pigs, we recommend searching Joel Salatin and pastured pigs on Youtube. He is one of our main sources for inspiration.