Like all of our animals, the pigs on our farm are part of a rotational grazing system. They are contained by two lines of electrified wire. Every two weeks the pigs move to a new section of the woods where they do a good bit of rooting around. Pigs love to root. Digging their snouts into the earth, eating their fill of roots, bugs, and fallen nuts, they grow fat on the rich diet put forth by the woods. In turn, the pigs provide a service. Their short stay in each paddock allows the pigs to work the ground just enough. They fertilize and aerate the soil, reactivating the seedbed and creating the ideal surface for us to seed more grasses and herbs. Later, sheep and chickens move through those areas to munch on the plants that we are able to grow after the pigs leave. It’s a beautiful thing.

In this video, you see Clay on moving day. He is enticing the pigs with a bucket of fermented non-GMO local feed. They are hesitant at first because they remember the electrified wire that divides their current paddock from the new one. Once they realize that the wire has been removed, the pigs eagerly follow him into their new home and start chowing down on their breakfast. It’s good the be a Grass Fat Farm Pig.