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Pasture raising pigs brings different approach to New Dundee farm

A farm in New Dundee is taking an outdoor approach to raising its pigs, using a technique known as pasture raising.

Instead of keeping the animals in a sty or barn, Tilt Built Pastures’ pigs spend all of their time outdoors.

“There’s 52 pigs on a two acre plot. The pigs love rooting around investigating grass, eating lots,” Andrew Tilt, owner of Tilt Built Pastures, said. “Thirty per cent of their diet is coming from the forage, so the orchard grass, clovers, alfalfa, and so on. The remaining 70 per cent is a grower pellet that we get in.”

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