Building a Better Pig

Iowan Wants to Change Pork Industry With Hogs Bred for Fat, Flavor

Iowa Swabian Hall pigs are in high demand at finer restaurants. (Progressive Farmer photo by Des Keller)
Iowa Swabian Hall pigs are in high demand at finer restaurants. (Progressive Farmer photo by Des Keller)
By 2014, Iowa farmer Carl Blake wants to raise 1,500 head of Iowa Swabian Halls and 5,000 annually three to five years from now. His plan involves getting like-minded farmers to contract to grow them under his natural, nonconfinement system.

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