Regenerative pork production - Revision history

Ahoussney at 23:11, 4 March 2015

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[[Regenerative pork production]] is the rearing of [[swine]] according to principles of [[regenerative agriculture]], typically by using a combination of old-fashioned, [[traditional swine rearing|traditional]] methods and more recent innovations to produce both the highest [[pork quality|quality pork]] and the highest possible [[Swine welfare|welfare]] for the animals while maximizing the economic viability of the business. This is in stark contrast to the [[industrial pork|industrial methods of swine rearing]] which rely on cheap, [[grain subsidies|subsidized grain]], [[agro-industrial]] methods and [[economies of scale]] to raise pigs quickly.

==Feeds==
As [[omnivores]], pigs have a very different diet than [[herbivores]] such as [[cattle]] - while typically fed subsidized grains in the American [[agro-industry|agro-industrial]] pork system pigs are capable of thriving on a variety of foods. They are ideal recyclers of waste food streams and they can utilize many different types of annual and perennial forage. They cannot, however, thrive on a grass-only diet like herbivores can. To rank the various feed sources that can be profitably fed to swine, holistic evaluation of costs, nutritional needs, and sustainability just be considered. A general list of feed sources; from the most sustainable and preferred to the least preferred feeds for regenerative pork production follows:

#waste food inedible to humans
##organic wastes
##non-gmo/non-spray wastes
**agricultural wastes
**production wastes
**pre-consumer waste
**post-consumer waste

#Perennial forages
#Annual forages
#Organic/non-gmo/non-spray grains

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-##**production wastes
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-##**pre-consumer waste
+##*pre-consumer waste
-##**post-consumer waste
+##*post-consumer waste
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 #Perennial forages
 #Annual forages
 #Organic/non-gmo/non-spray grains