Pig! A colourful handmade paper lantern featured at the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival.
Today CBC Radio's The Current aired an insightful documentary about saving heritage breeds of livestock that (like heirloom or heritage fruits and vegetables) were developed over many centuries. Many of these breeds have been abandoned for ones that are leaner, fatter, or faster to raise. Now they are in danger of extinction.
The documentary features a farming family whose pigs roam outside and get plenty of playtime and exercise. The pigs are free of hormones, steroids, antibiotics, growth stimulants or chemicals.
To learn more about the lives of small-scale Canadian farmers, or why it's important to save heritage livestock from extinction, you can listen to the 30 minute program here.
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