ISO Real Pig

This year for Thanksgiving I have decided to cook a raw ham over charcoal. I was planning on getting an 18 to 20 pounder from Halsted or Peoria packing but after reading thru the Jamon Iberica thread I'm thinking that I would much rather have a ham from a heritage or organicaly raised hog.

Does anyone know of a local source for non factory pork? What I would really like to find is a farm that I could drive out to with my sons, let them get an idea of where their food comes from (or at least should be comming from) and drive home with some freshly butchered real pork.

Check out www.eatwild.com or www.localharvest.org. Good Luck!

Emile
Caw Caw Creek Pastured Pork, SC
www.cawcawcreek.com

I'd try calling the Wettstein's.

http://www.thelandconnection.org/files/ ... ersWF.html

At the Seventh Generation Ahead summer dinner, 312 roasted up the Wettstein's pork, with a side of crisped up skin, and I can really vouch for its fantasticness.

http://vitalinformation.blogspot.com/20 ... arket.html

Vital Information wrote:I'd try calling the Wettstein's.

Took the words out of my mouth. They're going to be in Oak Park on Saturday November 19th (Buzz Cafe, 1-3) and are taking orders now if you want something in particular for Thanksgiving.

Wettstein's sounds like what I'm looking for.
Thanks all !

I spend quite a bit of time west of Rockford. On the drive out is Jim and Gary's in Pecatonica, IL. I'd say approx. 1:15 hours west of Chicago on Rt. 20.

Don't know if it's organic, but we like the ribs that is for certain.

Can't guarantee the prices are accurate on the web page:

Jim and Gary's

We had a pig roast using La Caja China this past September. We got our pig from a farmer we met at the Outstanding in the Field dinner at Kinnikinnick farm. Paul Kahan and his chefs made a pig confit. i'm pretty certain that it was organic. Unfortunately, I can't really attest to the taste as it was picked clean by the time I got to eat - which may speak for itself. The small piece I did have was tender and flavorful.

Kathy and Jeff Collins, Collins Farm Meats, Clinton, Wisconsin. Phone is 262-296-1641.