Grass-Fed Pork

Grass-Fed Pork

Our hogs are LEGITIMATE GRASS-FED (actually wild-raised) critters. Therefore our pork comes from the most "naturally-raised" pigs in the world! They are WAY BEYOND "PASTURED." Unlike some pork offerings from disreputable outfits easily found on the Internet (some so despicable they even copy our words verbatim on their Web sites), our pigs are not raised on feeds we provide. They literally forage at large eating what pigs eat -- which is virtually everything and anything that's in the natural wild world. Our pigs are not BIG. Sometimes they are quite lean, sometimes they are fat. The only time we feed our pigs is while they are being held just prior to being sent to processing. Then we feed them alfalfa -- a high quality green leafy plant. By the way, since nuts are very seasonal it only makes sense that pigs cannot be dining on acorns and such for more than a couple months a year. So, beware of folks who claim their pigs are raised on acorns. Not only are acorns highly seasonal, but in actual fact they are really not at nutritious as grass by any means.

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100% American Grass-Fed Pork

Package descriptions are below price lists.

In a way, the cartoon is no joke. Geneticists really are trying to tip the DNA on their pigs, which are fed grain in confinement housing, in order to boost the pigs' Omega-3 fatty acid levels. Why don't scientists do an even better job of balancing Essential Fatty Acids in their pigs by utilizing the old fashioned natural way -- of simply not feeding their pigs grain? Well, it takes too long for a piglet to grow without grain and the grazing method is not easily mass-produced.

Naturally our grass-fed pork products come from real grass-fed pigs. They have not been fed grain. Nearly all other so-called grass-fed pork products offered on the Internet and elsewhere are not for real. Our is. (Click here for a picture of Phony Grass-Fed Pigs.) In nutritional terms our real grass-fed pork products are far superior nutritionally compared to "pastured" pork products. Pastured pigs are fed grain, grain by products, stale bread, and other foreign foods and that makes the resulting meat products only slightly better than conventional store-bought pork. The idea that pigs must be fed grain is preposterous and ignorant.

As with all animal life, what holds true for any pig also applies to "heritage" pigs. If a heritage pig is fed grain it's no different than any other grain-fed pig. So buyer beware. Just because a pig is "free range," "heritage," "natural," "organic," or "pastured" never means it has the nutritional benefits of a genuine grass-fed pig.

Our pigs range at large foraging for their natural food. They graze grass just like cattle. Most of what they eat is grass, forbes, and leaves of trees. But they also eat grubs, roots, acorns, berries, fruits (acorns, berries, and fruits are strickly seasonal), eggs, critters of all kinds, and about anything else they come across in the pastures and woods where they live. (In fact, their diet is about the same as a grass-fed chicken!) They are not caged, penned, confined in dirt lots, nor raised in buildings. Some are even wild pigs that joined up with our pig herd. Make no mistake about it, unlike all other pork producers we know (free range, pastured, heritage, natural, organic, etc.), our pigs are not supplemented with grain or grain-based feeds. They are just like wild pigs or they are wild pigs. Consequently their meat is not "the other white meat." It's red meat; sometimes as dark as deer meat! Real grass-fed hogs will always have red meat of about the same color as our grass-fed beef!

Our grass-fed pork cuts are shrink wrapped, frozen, and freezer ready. As you can imagine, the price of pork will change with the market price of pigs. Consequently, all prices are subject to change--sometimes on short notice.

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Here's an additional breakfast meat suggestion.

Get one of the smoked meat products, thaw it out, slice it up and repackage in smaller packs. Then you'll have sliced meat that will be similar to Canadian bacon -- a perfect breakfast meat.

Package descriptions are below price lists.

100% American Grass-Fed Pork	Fresh Price/Lbs.*	Smoked Price/Lbs.*
Whole Roasting Luau Pig	$4.98
Front Quarter Roasting Pig (about 5#)	$5.38	$6.38 1
Hind Quarter Roasting Pig (about 5#)	$5.38	$6.38 1
Pork Chops	$8.98
Pork Loin Roast	$8.98
Fresh Butt Portion Ham*	$4.78 -- OUT	$5.78 2
Fresh Whole Ham*	$4.58 -- OUT	$5.58 2
Pork Shoulder Boston Butt Roast	$3.98 -- OUT	$4.98 1
Pork Shoulder Picnic Roast	$3.48 -- OUT	$4.48 1 -- OUT
Whole Pork Shoulder Roast	$3.68 -- OUT	$4.68 1 -- OUT
Fresh Ham Slices*	$5.48	$6.48 2
Pork Sides (Bacon)* (Limit 2)	$10.98 -- OUT	$10.98 2 -- OUT
Jowl Bacon* (Limit 2)	$10.98 -- OUT	$10.98 2 -- OUT
Fresh Pork Breakfast Sausage	$6.98
Fresh Wild Boar Sausage	$6.48 -- OUT
Fresh Ground Pork	$6.48 -- OUT
Fresh Pork Tips	$5.48
Pork Meaty Spare Ribs	$5.28 -- OUT
Pork Spare Ribs	$4.28 -- OUT
Fresh Pork Hocks	$1.58	$2.58 1
Pork Meaty Neck Bones	$1.08 -- OUT
Pork Soup Bones	$0.98
Pork Hearts	$2.48 -- OUT
Pork Liver	$2.48 -- OUT
Pork Tongue	$2.48 -- OUT
Pork Kidney	$2.48
Pork Spleen	$1.98 -- OUT
Pork Fries	$4.98
Exterior Pork Fat (Limit 2)	$5.98 -- OUT
Interior Pork Fat (Limit 2)	$5.98 -- OUT
* Fresh hams and bacon are meats that have not been smoked and salted. They are "fresh" like a pork chop. Pork cuts with prices in the "Smoked" column have a light Sea Salt brine and are smoked without sugar. 1. Marinated in sea salt, black pepper, and garlic. Hickory smoked to an internal temperature of 140 degrees. Perfect for a smoker or crock pot. 2. Injected with a sea salt solution and hickory smoked to 140 degrees internal temperature. Hams are perfect for a smoker or the oven.

Whole Headless Grass-Fed Roasting Luau Pigs weigh 15 to 20 pounds.

Roasting a Luau Pig is similar to baking a large turkey. It's an

experience in and of itself and a major treat for special events.

Hind and Front Quartered Roasting Pig weighs about 4 to 6 pounds.

Pork Chop packs weigh about one pound.

Pork Loin Roasts weigh from 2.0 to 3.25 pounds.

Butt Portion Hams weigh from 4.0 to 5.0 pounds.

Pork Hams weigh from 6.0 to 10.0 pounds.

Fresh Ham Slices weigh from 1.0 to 1.2 pounds.

Smoked Ham Slices weigh from 1.2 to 1.4 pounds.

Pork Shoulder Picnic Roasts weigh 2.0 to 3.0 pounds.

Pork Shoulder Butt Roasts weigh from 3.5 to 7.0 pounds.

Whole Pork Shoulders weigh about 4.0 to 6.0 pounds.

Pork Tips (small chunks of pork meat) weigh about one pound.

Pork Sides (Sliced Bacon) packs weigh one pound.

Fresh Pork Breakfast Sausage packs weigh about one pound.

Ingredients: Grass-Fed Pork, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Red Pepper, Sage, Ginger

Wild Boar Breakfast Sausage packs weigh about one pound.

Ingredients: Grass-Fed Pork, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Red Pepper, Sage, Ginger

Fresh Ground Pork packs weigh about one pound.

Pork Meaty Spare Ribs weigh from 1.5 pounds to 2.0 pounds.

Pork Hocks weigh about 2 pounds.

Pork Meaty Neck Bones weigh about 1.5 pounds.

Pork Fat packs weigh about 3 pounds.

Our e-mail address is: goodmeat@slanker.com

The toll free number is: 866-SLANKER (752-6537)

The local number is: 903-732-4653

The picture below is an example of what you do not want to see. It depicts what is properly known as "Pastured Pigs." See, they are being fed corn while on pasture. These pigs can not be classified as "Grass-Fed" and in no way would we market a pig such as those pictured below. Our Pigs are not fed grain.

This next picture shows our Grass-Fed Pigs grazing with some young Grass-Fed Calves and a Grass-Fed Chicken. Note that the Grass-Fed Pigs are not fat like those pictured above. Of course, at the time this picture was taken the grass was short so the pigs were on "short rations."

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