Rooting For Real Farms Case Study 36: Curly Pigs, Fermanagh

?‍? Stephen from The Curly Pigs in County Fermanagh, N.Ireland keeps rare breed Mangalitza Breed pigs. These pigs are slow grown and don’t need any antibiotics. They are rotationally moved around a native forest where they root around foraging for food, digging up invasive plant species and regenerating the forest floor.

?️ “The fat stores any chemicals that are put into the animals body, so it’s a neccessity for us to go medicine free. They don’t get antibiotics, they don’t get iron boosters, it’s all a myth. Providing you give them the proper environment they don’t need the extra chemicals.”

If we don’t continue to support our local farmers & high welfare independent retailers now and into the future, we will lose them! #RootingForRealFarms

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