Make It Count

It used to be common to see hogs raised as a side hustle to orchard or vineyard, and the Piés plan to resurrect this model. Operations such as vineyards, cideries and distilleries seasonally produce large amounts of fruit or grain wastes — pomace, mash or must. Such “waste” resources are often just dumped or composted. By feeding these spare nutrients to pigs, farmers can secure a second harvest — pork — off a single resource.