@joolenka: I kinda get your point but I don't agree that animals have to live a tortured existence while they are being raised for food. AND we don't have to "love" an animal for it to remain content and not suffering. If you are a vegan/vegetarian, you have made your choice, but this elitist "you are all evil murderers because you eat animals" is not a balanced view. An animal shot in the wild for food should not make the hunter vilified because he wants to eat.
Good job Mr. Paul Willis, you are one of the few farmers now with a heart. This is a great video, and I am so so very happy that there are people like you in the world farming animals. This made me smile, and you're a good example to other farmers, and I hope they learn something from you. It's such a shame that corporations destroyed pig family farms.Factory farming is disastrous to the eco system, pigs, and the human race.
ah yes, "happy" meat. so very happy to die and lose their lives to be someone's dinner! we know these animals want to live and don't want to die, so we raise them with care and a whole bunch of love until we ship em to the slaughter house. ah yes, how we love our pigs. we love them so much we murder them and put their corpses into our bodies. yes, here on niman ranch we eat those we love. i know it might seem odd, but in this twisted parallel universe it makes all the sense in the world.
@joolenka shut up faggot, we have been surviving on meat since day fucking one, its the order of the food chain, lemme guess u dont play sports obviously since u eat no meat, ur a good for nothing pussy with no life, or you were just raised by faggot parents
@69littleboys firstly, i'm a woman. if we're "surviving" on meat, how do you then explain that i've survived for 3 years without it? not a drop of meat and i'm still standing. still alive, and not just alive but healthier and stronger than ever. and i even play sports! i'm afraid you are what i would call a "deeply indoctrinated" individual. but just because it's been bashed into our heads from childhood that we're supposed to eat meat, doesn't mean that we are. it's one big lie. learn the truth
I'm afraid you survive because you have vegetables on the supermarkets everyday, feel free to tell how you would survive as a vegetarian in the winter, that moose/rabbit would probably start looking very delicious after couple of days.
Pigs are tasty. If pigs didn't taste so good there wouldn't be a demand for their flesh. If there isn't a demand then there wouldn't be any pig farms.
you remind me of a ignorant person that choose to complain in the wrong areas!its obvious these people care about the environment and treatment of their animals and thats a thing to respect!dont be a fool!
A human's diet should consist mainly of fruit. You probably don't even know how many delicious fruits are out there. Like coconut with crushed almonds and peaches. You probably never ate that. Your body absorbs the calcium from almonds at a higher rate then milk. And if you stop drinking milk for a while, your stomach will have a reaction to it. I tried eating oatmeal the other day, couldn't even stand eating it because milk is not good for the stomach.
I agree with you that COW'S milk is not good for the human digestive system, but there is nothing wrong with eating healthy hormone/antibiotics free meat!I raise my own chickens, egg layers and broilers and we also raise grass fed beef, I choose to put healthy food, as well as the veggies out of my garden in my body!I totally understand if you choose to be a vegetarian thats your choice, as well as my sister's and brother's!
I had to stop eating meat because I wasn't sleeping well and it made my urine stink like rotten meat! But I was eating regular meat that probably came from sick animals. I don't crave meat I crave coffee and I actually hate it very much. That's my next step in life I hate coffee very very much it's my life force because I don't sleep since I live in very hot weather and constantly toss and turn in my small, little room Hell.
@iluvhotblondes you silly person. no other species on this earth aside from humans drinks milk past infancy. but humans take it to a whole other level-- they drink the milk of an animal! there is nothing more unnatural in the world. so you've bought the milk mustache myth. well, time to unlearn! dairy consumption has been linked to cancers, bone loss, heart disease and a whole host of other ailments. read a few books. look online. learn the truth!
@joolenka WHY DOES THERE ALWAYS NEED TO BE SOME VEGAN PUSHING THEIR VIEWS ON OTHER PEOPLE? I-DONT-CARE!
OBVIOUSLY people watching this vid like to eat meat, but i guess you didn't make a typo, you wanted to be here just to belittle our choices because YOU think we're wrong.
"happy meat"? i think they're happier to die in an instant than be eaten alive. check out lions eating still living, blinking buffaloes, and then tell me what's better. and do enjoy your little world.
Peta sucks. an angry and Ineffective message. It gives greedy cruel gluttonous humans a way to excuse and trick themselves. There is something wrong with torturing anything that will scream when you do it. Peta or no peta... Its pretty simple shit my friend.
Death on a factory farm revealed an undercover investigation of an OHIO pork farm. The farm was taken to court and millions of people saw this on HBO.
Then... the OHIO pork industry launches this bullshit. Its pretty simple.
this is a long-standing company trying to promote family farms that avoid treating animals like shit...make sure you pick your target more carefully. factory farming is wrong, and yes, a factory farm did get uncovered as being abusive...but THIS is a SMALL FAMILY-RUN FARM. I've visited it personally.
you seem like you have done you research and I dont mean to offend you I posted that first comment with out reading you others first!totally agree with what your saying, but I still choose to eat meat, thats why I take a proactive choice and try to educated the sheepeple(sheep-people)we can make a difference like Polly face farms is trying to do and I one day will do the same!peace to you!!!
this is a family-owned, private farm with limited numbers of pigs. the family does all the work themselves and deals with the pigs themselves on a daily basis. make sure you pick your battles more carefully...
Read what I wrote - on the video it said the pigs were not confined. My point is they *ARE* confined yes for their protection behind fences. So why look at other confinement farms as less? ALL are confined on different levels! If animals are not *confined* they will not stay on a farmer's property; at least none I've ever seen in 47 years do.
This is somewhat deceptive - "no confinement of any kind" I don't believe for a second. Pigs, cattle etc don't just stay around shelters without fences and fences are confinement. Not saying this is bad - but it's not like they're all turned loose and just hang around. The confinement is bigger but they are confined.
Jeez: what do you want? you want pigs and sheep and cattle to wander anywhere they want? How much sense does that make for a farmer? The kind of confinement that causes antibiotics and disease and filth is eliminated with this method of farming. "Deceptive" is your narrow interpretation.
I never said that - and my point is exactly that - they DON'T wander anywhere they want because they're confined by fences. Have raised quite a few myself. But it's said "no confinement of any kind" - fences are a type of confinement too. People have choices where to buy- and yes some believe such claims means they're totally loose. It's like saying something low in a product has none - McDonalds was sued for that. I challenged a Cargill official this past week for that; then find this
I guess you could move to India or other third world country and experience true free range animal "care" as I have seen. It is a free country so far....
Please review your comments. U wrote you challenge definitions similarly to animal rights groups methods. confinement is not prison. It is to protect something valuable from harm in environment or self. animals are valuable to most farmers,safety and success of animal is bottom line for business. good to challenge those who market selves as better because of a definition change. U sounded like a radical who wants animals to run loose in world. several misunderstood your comments. Sorry.
@iowafarmtours You are evil, how would you like to be confined in a farrowing crate, jerk.You must like to see pigs suffer like they do in the factory farms, and you're probably on of them.FF is horrible for the enviornment with a lake of waste. This type of farming is natural, and you must be jealous of this man's farm. He has a heart and he treats his pigs humanely and they are free like God intended.
This is a fabulous video describing what we do on our farm. We raise our animals in a traditional manner in as natural a setting as possible, outdoors on pasture and deeply bedded pens. We are proud to say that we raise our animals traditionally, humanely, and sustainably, to deliver the finest tasting meat in the world. Thanks to Niman Ranch there is a market for us providing a choice to the family farmer.
@NRfarmer After watching horrible factory farming videos, and a company trying to put patents on pigs this is the most refreshing and pleasant video I have seen.
Keep up the good work!!
jserna852 3 weeks ago
This is nice for piggies. I want to see something a little different though. I want the pigs to forage so much that the feed is merely supplemental.
hastingr 3 months ago
Hi can you give me some education on pigs i am trying to start with hereford breed organic too can you help? thank you John from Canada.
bond196012 3 months ago
@bond196012 can you help me to find a breeder in ontario i am looking for herefords breeds thank you for your time. sincerely John
bond196012 1 week ago
Excellent farm! Congrads to this farmer whom did not cave into greed and kept farm practices humane!
rozl66 7 months ago
I farm pigs this same way out of Myakka Fl. and I love it.
hogballs32 11 months ago 2
@joolenka: I kinda get your point but I don't agree that animals have to live a tortured existence while they are being raised for food. AND we don't have to "love" an animal for it to remain content and not suffering. If you are a vegan/vegetarian, you have made your choice, but this elitist "you are all evil murderers because you eat animals" is not a balanced view. An animal shot in the wild for food should not make the hunter vilified because he wants to eat.
nakamichi680zx 1 year ago
Good job Mr. Paul Willis, you are one of the few farmers now with a heart. This is a great video, and I am so so very happy that there are people like you in the world farming animals. This made me smile, and you're a good example to other farmers, and I hope they learn something from you. It's such a shame that corporations destroyed pig family farms.Factory farming is disastrous to the eco system, pigs, and the human race.
nogerdsurg 1 year ago 7
ah yes, "happy" meat. so very happy to die and lose their lives to be someone's dinner! we know these animals want to live and don't want to die, so we raise them with care and a whole bunch of love until we ship em to the slaughter house. ah yes, how we love our pigs. we love them so much we murder them and put their corpses into our bodies. yes, here on niman ranch we eat those we love. i know it might seem odd, but in this twisted parallel universe it makes all the sense in the world.
joolenka 1 year ago
@joolenka At least he gives his pigs a good life, and he has a business to run. I applaud Mr. Willis. Everyone won't be a vegetarian.
nogerdsurg 1 year ago 2
@joolenka shut up faggot, we have been surviving on meat since day fucking one, its the order of the food chain, lemme guess u dont play sports obviously since u eat no meat, ur a good for nothing pussy with no life, or you were just raised by faggot parents
69littleboys 1 year ago
@69littleboys firstly, i'm a woman. if we're "surviving" on meat, how do you then explain that i've survived for 3 years without it? not a drop of meat and i'm still standing. still alive, and not just alive but healthier and stronger than ever. and i even play sports! i'm afraid you are what i would call a "deeply indoctrinated" individual. but just because it's been bashed into our heads from childhood that we're supposed to eat meat, doesn't mean that we are. it's one big lie. learn the truth
joolenka 1 year ago
@joolenka
I'm afraid you survive because you have vegetables on the supermarkets everyday, feel free to tell how you would survive as a vegetarian in the winter, that moose/rabbit would probably start looking very delicious after couple of days.
TheHabati 9 months ago
id like to farm pigs this way someday, good on you man
Yonks14 1 year ago
Pigs are tasty. If pigs didn't taste so good there wouldn't be a demand for their flesh. If there isn't a demand then there wouldn't be any pig farms.
dibi105 1 year ago
i think i want to have a free range pig farm. it looks nice.
Mtthyman 1 year ago
i love to see free range pigs
TheAndrew222 2 years ago
Great video.
PerryWarrenProps 2 years ago
lol
this thing reminds me of those cheesy info-mercials that are on cable at two in the morning lolol
AnimalTortureMustEnd 2 years ago
you remind me of a ignorant person that choose to complain in the wrong areas!its obvious these people care about the environment and treatment of their animals and thats a thing to respect!dont be a fool!
MrPoonasty 2 years ago
Watch DEATH ON A FACTORY FARM if you want to see the truth
AnimalTortureMustEnd 2 years ago
This is not a factory farm, you need protien, you are an omnivor, the same as pigs.
oggmttkmbbms 2 years ago
Watch death on a factory farm
watch earthlings
AnimalTortureMustEnd 2 years ago
A human's diet should consist mainly of fruit. You probably don't even know how many delicious fruits are out there. Like coconut with crushed almonds and peaches. You probably never ate that. Your body absorbs the calcium from almonds at a higher rate then milk. And if you stop drinking milk for a while, your stomach will have a reaction to it. I tried eating oatmeal the other day, couldn't even stand eating it because milk is not good for the stomach.
frostedsnowflakes 2 years ago
yea when i stopped drinking milk i would puke when i had a glass of the stuff.
Also for awhile i ate almost nothing but fruit. Many many bananas. I didn't die but i did not feel to hot when doing that.
If anyone wants to hear the vegetarian dishes i cook, private message me and i will tell you what i do.
ALSO- if anyone wants to see how AWFUL meat is for the human body... please visit my playlists
AnimalTortureMustEnd 2 years ago
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frostedsnowflakes 2 years ago
I agree with you that COW'S milk is not good for the human digestive system, but there is nothing wrong with eating healthy hormone/antibiotics free meat!I raise my own chickens, egg layers and broilers and we also raise grass fed beef, I choose to put healthy food, as well as the veggies out of my garden in my body!I totally understand if you choose to be a vegetarian thats your choice, as well as my sister's and brother's!
MrPoonasty 2 years ago
I had to stop eating meat because I wasn't sleeping well and it made my urine stink like rotten meat! But I was eating regular meat that probably came from sick animals. I don't crave meat I crave coffee and I actually hate it very much. That's my next step in life I hate coffee very very much it's my life force because I don't sleep since I live in very hot weather and constantly toss and turn in my small, little room Hell.
frostedsnowflakes 2 years ago
@animaltorture:
have u any idea how many species of mammals on this planet (including humans) have started life from their mothers milk????
milk is not bad for you you shithead moron.
mother nature engineered mothers to provide milk.
was you mommy a crack whore?
started u off w/ bad titties?
iluvhotblondes 2 years ago
@iluvhotblondes you silly person. no other species on this earth aside from humans drinks milk past infancy. but humans take it to a whole other level-- they drink the milk of an animal! there is nothing more unnatural in the world. so you've bought the milk mustache myth. well, time to unlearn! dairy consumption has been linked to cancers, bone loss, heart disease and a whole host of other ailments. read a few books. look online. learn the truth!
joolenka 1 year ago
@joolenka WHY DOES THERE ALWAYS NEED TO BE SOME VEGAN PUSHING THEIR VIEWS ON OTHER PEOPLE? I-DONT-CARE!
OBVIOUSLY people watching this vid like to eat meat, but i guess you didn't make a typo, you wanted to be here just to belittle our choices because YOU think we're wrong.
"happy meat"? i think they're happier to die in an instant than be eaten alive. check out lions eating still living, blinking buffaloes, and then tell me what's better. and do enjoy your little world.
bluemoondiadochi 1 month ago
Moron that's not the farm as this one!
ridler2012 2 years ago
No thank you hippie peta hate humans love animals.
askAlanNow 2 years ago
Peta sucks. an angry and Ineffective message. It gives greedy cruel gluttonous humans a way to excuse and trick themselves. There is something wrong with torturing anything that will scream when you do it. Peta or no peta... Its pretty simple shit my friend.
Death on a factory farm revealed an undercover investigation of an OHIO pork farm. The farm was taken to court and millions of people saw this on HBO.
Then... the OHIO pork industry launches this bullshit. Its pretty simple.
AnimalTortureMustEnd 2 years ago
this is a long-standing company trying to promote family farms that avoid treating animals like shit...make sure you pick your target more carefully. factory farming is wrong, and yes, a factory farm did get uncovered as being abusive...but THIS is a SMALL FAMILY-RUN FARM. I've visited it personally.
ALSO, it's iowa, not ohio...facts are fun!
misheeta 2 years ago
dam straight
XTheConfuserX 2 years ago
you seem like you have done you research and I dont mean to offend you I posted that first comment with out reading you others first!totally agree with what your saying, but I still choose to eat meat, thats why I take a proactive choice and try to educated the sheepeple(sheep-people)we can make a difference like Polly face farms is trying to do and I one day will do the same!peace to you!!!
MrPoonasty 2 years ago
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frostedsnowflakes 2 years ago
this is a family-owned, private farm with limited numbers of pigs. the family does all the work themselves and deals with the pigs themselves on a daily basis. make sure you pick your battles more carefully...
misheeta 2 years ago
Congratulations to Niman Ranch on their success. I wish them a long future and I'll be looking for their products and eating at Chipotle a lot more!
loukreu 2 years ago
Read what I wrote - on the video it said the pigs were not confined. My point is they *ARE* confined yes for their protection behind fences. So why look at other confinement farms as less? ALL are confined on different levels! If animals are not *confined* they will not stay on a farmer's property; at least none I've ever seen in 47 years do.
JanH1961 2 years ago
This is somewhat deceptive - "no confinement of any kind" I don't believe for a second. Pigs, cattle etc don't just stay around shelters without fences and fences are confinement. Not saying this is bad - but it's not like they're all turned loose and just hang around. The confinement is bigger but they are confined.
JanH1961 2 years ago
Jeez: what do you want? you want pigs and sheep and cattle to wander anywhere they want? How much sense does that make for a farmer? The kind of confinement that causes antibiotics and disease and filth is eliminated with this method of farming. "Deceptive" is your narrow interpretation.
nakamichi680zx 2 years ago 6
I never said that - and my point is exactly that - they DON'T wander anywhere they want because they're confined by fences. Have raised quite a few myself. But it's said "no confinement of any kind" - fences are a type of confinement too. People have choices where to buy- and yes some believe such claims means they're totally loose. It's like saying something low in a product has none - McDonalds was sued for that. I challenged a Cargill official this past week for that; then find this
JanH1961 2 years ago
I guess you could move to India or other third world country and experience true free range animal "care" as I have seen. It is a free country so far....
iowafarmtours 2 years ago
I didn't say turn 'em loose/free range anything. Thanks for ASSUMING
JanH1961 2 years ago
Please review your comments. U wrote you challenge definitions similarly to animal rights groups methods. confinement is not prison. It is to protect something valuable from harm in environment or self. animals are valuable to most farmers,safety and success of animal is bottom line for business. good to challenge those who market selves as better because of a definition change. U sounded like a radical who wants animals to run loose in world. several misunderstood your comments. Sorry.
iowafarmtours 2 years ago 9
@iowafarmtours You are evil, how would you like to be confined in a farrowing crate, jerk.You must like to see pigs suffer like they do in the factory farms, and you're probably on of them.FF is horrible for the enviornment with a lake of waste. This type of farming is natural, and you must be jealous of this man's farm. He has a heart and he treats his pigs humanely and they are free like God intended.
nogerdsurg 1 year ago
@nakamichi680zx I am very happy that the pigs have free range, this is wonderful.
nogerdsurg 1 year ago
This is absolutely the way it should be done!
av8rcaptain 3 years ago 2
You're right about the video being "fabulous."
My question is how are they killed, is it killed instantly or are they cut and bled to death? Your response is appreciated!
Wilbur's friend.
mandykal 3 years ago
This is a fabulous video describing what we do on our farm. We raise our animals in a traditional manner in as natural a setting as possible, outdoors on pasture and deeply bedded pens. We are proud to say that we raise our animals traditionally, humanely, and sustainably, to deliver the finest tasting meat in the world. Thanks to Niman Ranch there is a market for us providing a choice to the family farmer.
Farmer's Daughter.
NRfarmer 3 years ago 5
@NRfarmer After watching horrible factory farming videos, and a company trying to put patents on pigs this is the most refreshing and pleasant video I have seen.
nogerdsurg 1 year ago 2