Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork

by Brad Weiss

Book Overview

In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs through the process of breeding, raising, butchering, selling, and preparing pigs raised on pasture for consumption. Drawing on his experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822361574
• ISBN13: 9780822361572
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"