this past weekend i returned to volkening heritage farm to enjoy the annual ‘from hog house to smokehouse’, an event celebrating the daily life of farmers from a bygone era, a chance to witness local before it became a movement. like last year, to maintain the authenticity, a heritage breed hog was provided by hasselmann read more
it has taken a few months but scott and i finally managed to schedule a visit to eickman’s processing company to capture images for hasselmann family farm’s website. for a number of years scott has been using eickman’s exclusively to process his pasture-raised beef and heritage pork. hasselmann family farm is animal welfare approved and read more
*i am adding a warning to this post. the images that will follow are of the hand processing of a hog (not the actual killing or gutting). while i find the images to be pertinent to this blog and in good taste, i do realize that not all readers will wish to see the various read more