raising pigs without smell and on the cheap

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Brian Kerkvliet, of Inspiration Farm in Bellingham, Washington, shows some of his new pigs.

Pigs are a naturally clean animal that will do their business in one corner of a bigger space. No smell. No stink. Brian says the only way pigs will stink is if you let them fester in one spot.

The pig fence is stock panels held together with caribeaners.

Brian is growing lots of stuff that the pigs will self harvest. The most important being sunchokes (jerusalem artichokes). But no matter where you move the pigs there is plenty more to eat, thus reducing the feed costs.

Pigs love to eat blackberry roots - and are a great way to control blackberry problems.

music by Jimmy Pardo

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• harvest
• blackberry
• green
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• permaculture
• organic
• environment
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• homestead
• homesteading
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[MrAnthonyRizzo]

Don’t feel conflicted about slaughtering a domesticated animal for meat because they would not have the life they live if someone did not want to eat them. Temple Grandin once pointed out that what we owe the animal is compassion while they are alive because it is for our use that they were brought into existence. This is why factory farming must stop and be replaced with pasturing using managed rotation. There is no reason why an animal being raised for meat can’t have a happy idyllic life.

[DoctorsWife56]

Anything that roots out thistle has my vote! 

[dia480]

once they grow to 200lb they will rip right through that fence

[MrAnthonyRizzo]

@newtubetubetube “hippie fuctard” ? Really? Is that the best quip that can come out of your mouth? Does the imbecilic gibberish that you are trying to pass off as written speech not embarrass you? I guess if pigs don’t mind mud then why should you, mind it either. It seems to be your element. It makes sense that you feel the way you do. Why should you want to elevate the standard of life for a dependent creature when you yourself have no inclination to do that for yourself?

[zellerz1216]

@newtubetubetube

hey, guess what? that's my belief, and i have that right. i appreciate a different opinion, but i don't need you to help me with my belief system. And as for the conventional way, i think you make a valid point, but they go through major, unneccessary pain, and thats not what some of us want in our society. You don't have to support this type of farming, but i do.

[newtubetubetube]

The only reason why pig farm stink is because they hose wash the shit instead of making manure. It is the lazy way of milk every penny out of the environment... at the expanse of the community too.

You are absolutely right, pig are cleaner then dog and yet we allow dog almost everywhere.

Your pigs look healthy and appetising. I would love if all pig meat was produced this way.

[newtubetubetube]

@zellerz1216 said "they were happy, and they went to heaven [...]"

They were happy in conventional raising too because it was all they knew. And no, they did not go to pig heaven and you won't go to haven either. Face your own mortality and solve your issue before passing moral judgement on other.

[newtubetubetube]

@MrAnthonyRizzo said "There is no reason why an animal being raised for meat can’t have a happy idyllic life."

There is also no reason why they should. Especially since most, if not all, human being do not have a idyllic life themselves.

Compassion and provide idyllic life are not the same thing.

Life is hard. Get over it hippe fucktard.

[je187u]

you go hippies :)

[bigboys1199]

hahaha when those pigs get big that gate will need to be 10 times higher and 10 times stronger

[zumhingst41]

I hear a hippie jam band in the background...lol