Berkshire pigs

Our pigs are the Yeoman herd of pedigree Berkshires.  These hairy black pigs with white snouts, feet and tail tips are a hardy, outdoor rare breed, on the Rare Breed Survival Trust’s vulnerable list. Unlike pink pigs they aren’t prone to sunburn, and thrive outdoors in all weathers.  Berkshires produce exceptionally succulent meat with an amazing texture that can’t be beaten whether it’s as pork, gammon, bacon or sausages. Intriguingly, they kill out with white skin (their hair is black, not their skin - check out that snout) , so you don’t get black crackling or bacon rind.
Our pigs are kept in a group, outdoors, freely supplementing their diet with grass, herbs and roots, and have straw filled arks for shelter.  Sows are brought into the cob barn just before farrowing and are back outdoors with their piglets before they are ten days old.

Meat boxes - pork, gammon/bacon: If you haven’t had any outdoor reared pork before you are in for a very pleasant surprise.  From one pig you get approx 40 kilos.  We sell a minimum quarter of a pig at a time, minimum 10 kilos (as joints, chops, ribs, rashers, etc) - if you want less than that you could buddy up with a friend.  The pork  joints produce the most extraordinary crackling and the gammon steaks and joints are celebration food, with the bacon almost too good for a bacon sarnie; this is seriously superb stuff.
If you like your bangers, why not have a go at making your own? For ourselves we use half a pig (in one piece) and remove the meat from the bone to make our own sausages; it's more fun than you can imagine and highly recommended for uncontrollable giggling sessions if you have an old Kenwood or mincer and are not averse to plunging your arms into heaps of minced pork.  We source our natural sausage skins here.
See the price list for our range of pork and gammon boxes and do contact us with any queries.

What our customers say:
"We are finally eating pork! It is stunning. We had a loin roast last weekend to which neighbours were invited (2 are serious foodies) and everyone was singing its praises. Yummy yummy wow! You can consider us regular customers". NS, Dartmoor
"The pork is just wonderful - we've had a pork belly and some of the chops - simply delicious! Look forward to receiving the gammon!" BL, Warwickshire
"Had some bacon yesterday, it was amazing!" MD Devon
"Had a slow roast of the gammon yesterday and it was to die for!!" HBL, Cropredy 

Fame! Our Berkshires are now featured in Jack Byard's book "Know Your Pigs"