Rodgers pastured meishans
Pasture raised heritage breed pork born, raised and rotated on our organic farm
About our Herd
We raise Meishan Hogs on our farm. We originally fell in love with these docile, gentle cuties with large ears while visiting a fellow Meishan grower Clover Blossom Farm. Our breeding stock originates from 3 different farms in Georgia, and all our Meishan breeding stock is registered. We are lucky to be home to the Meishan Breeding association right here in Georgia.
Meishan Hogs are one of the oldest breeds of livestock pigs, and are still on the livestock conservancy’s critically endangered list. Meishan’s are considered to be a heritage breed and are most known for their ability to thrive on pasture, their ability to obey fencing, and they have excellent mothering capabilities. Besides the personality traits that make Meishan’s special their meat is incomparable to most other hog breeds. Meishan’s produce a red meat pork, with an incredibly tender, succulent tasting fat. We raise our pigs with lots of love, rotate them on pastures, our cover cropped fields , feed them TONS of our farms vegetable scraps and take the best care we can of them while they are here on the farm. We raise each pig between 13 and 15 months, which is the way it should be. Nice and slow.
Meet Our Hogs
All our pigs are born and raised on our farm. We have 1 Boar: Zucchini , and 5 sows : Butternut , Acorn , Pumpkin, Rutabaga and Chioggia. We pair each of our Sows with Zucchini for a month or two, and then they stay in our maternity ward until their babies are born. We take pride in taking care of all our mamas and babies. Meishan’s are fantastic mothers with phenomenal mothering instincts. On average each litter ranges from 8- 15 piglets! They stay with their mama’s for around 2 to 3 months and then are weaned, and rotated onto our pastures or fields of cover crop.
Zucchini
This is our current Boar Zucchini/ Baby daddy. He is currently 20 months old. He is a gentle giant and very respectful to all of our sows. He is most recognizable for his large wrinkly face and constant vocalizations!
What Cut’s are Available?
We offer all major cuts and sausages from our hogs. We offer large Roasts (butts), shoulder roasts, pork chops, nitrate free country smoked bacon, ham hocks, and lots of ground pork options. Please click to our next page to find our whole list including pricing!
Where and How to Purchase:
We currently sell our pork on farm through our pre-order system. You can sign up to order here and view our availability. Pre-Order Here.
As well as on Saturday’s at the Peachtree Road Farmers Market. Saturdays March to December 8:30 to Noon along with our seasonal vegetables!