What Good Is a Pig? Cuts of Pork, Nose to Tail

Reader Contribution by Walter Jeffries
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 Walter Jeffries and his wife Holly raise pastured pigs on Sugar Mountain Farm, their sustainable homestead in the mountains of Vermont. To improve their ability to get their pork to their customer’s fork they’re building their own on-farm USDA inspected butcher shop. Until May 15th they’re running a Kickstarting the Butcher Shop at Sugar Mountain Farm project to raise additional funds for equipment so they can open the butcher shop  in summer 2012. In response to the Kickstarter project, several backers asked about the various cuts of pork, and this is Walter’s reply, which will almost surely inform you and make you a better consumer: 

Several people have asked about the cuts of pork, and this article will give you an introduction to what good is a pig, nose-to-tail.

We’ll refer to the Pork Cut Chart above time-to-time. (You can zoom in on the image here  to read the small print.)

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