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Aug
Here is something with that ahhh factor! A litter of new piglets about a week old.There should be ten of them but who can tell in among that scrummage!
To all you lovers of Blue pig Company bacon we are now able to offer smoked bacon.Our first test run was last week and the taste panel……(fussy teenager!) pronounced the result as only a teenager could, to be “a well good bacon sandwich”!
Customers sometimes ask questions about Saddleback pigs. Here is a video we found on youTube. Enjoy;
The Blue Pig Company, was set up by Andrew and Anthony Bradley who up until 2000 were running a dairy herd and sheep flock on two farms at Long Preston.
The onset of Foot and Mouth Disease saw both brothers develop a dry-stone walling business, which keeps them busy to this day.
However while on a job one day in the summer of 2004 they came across some Gloucester Old Spot piglets for sale - six of which they took home.It quickly became obvious there was a market for rare breed free range pork and Andrew’s partner Gill set about marketing it.Today they can be found at farmers markets at Skipton-1st sunday of the month, Settle-2nd sunday and Pately Bridge-4th sunday as well as many local shows and trade fairs.
As well as breeding and rearing all our own pigs the Blue Pig Company has now completed a cold room and food preperation area allowing us to produce all our sausages, bacon and ham on farm, greatly reducing food miles. This is also allowing us to produce more specialist products such as pancetta and choritzo sausages. We are looking to start making smoked products later this year.