Except for special projects where they may feed barley or acorns, all of Eden Farms' pigs are fed a regular corn and soybean meal ration. Why this ration? Corn has 9 of 10 essential amino acids for a hog’s dietary needs. The only one it is short of is lysine. Lysine comes from soybean meal. Essential soybean meal is extruded soybeans cooked and prepared for a hog’s diet. Additionally there are vitamins and trace minerals that are added in for the hogs health.

Some other companies like to feed barley so they can have a harder, whiter fat. This comes naturally to 100% Eden Farms Purebred Berkshire hogs as genetically their pigs have that hard, white fat. A veterinarian that has done some testing has evidence that with Eden Farm’s genetics their products' meat and fat are higher in Omega-3’s.

There is a very important difference between Eden Farm’s 100% Berkshire and some other “kurabuta” (which means black pig, but not necessarily authentic Berkshire) providers. Some companies use ractopamines or repartitioning agents that act as hormones. It makes the pigs’ constitution leaner and heavier muscled. Eden Farms uses none of those. That is why they have consistently great flavor every time. Their hogs also have incredible hard white back fat that many of our customers seek.

"Eden Farms" is not a packer contract, they are not a marketing group, they are 100% producer owned. The producers understand their responsibility to the consumer by raising hogs in the best way possible to produce exceptional product. They realize the intrinsic value of each pig and hope to pass that onto you and the consumer. If there is any profit at the end of the day it all goes to the producers thanks to those of us who support these small farmers.

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