Dr. Lisa Becton provides background on African Swine Fever situation in Russia, and in so doing provides some great background on the state of Russian pork production. Of note is almost half of the Russian pork production is on communal farms, peasant farms, or private small home farms, where the main use of pork production is a waste removal system.
Pig Parts In Bullets? Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049", follows the many parts of a pig to see how they are used. Of the 185 products she discovered, she shares several surprising examples. Her goal? To create an awareness of the products so that we, society, can "take better care of what's behind our products". She says the first step is to know that they [the products] are there.
Pig Breeding for Improved Feed Efficiency - Pieter Knap, PIC International, presented at the International Conference on Feed Efficiency in Swine, November 8, 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
I am in Seattle for GnomeDex (all about blogging and politics). While walking around I found pigs here and there, painted, modified, and on display. Apparently, pigs are on parade this summer in Seattle.
What is interesting is the way we (people) humanize pigs. Is this done because this allows us to deal with pigs, not to think about how they live or where they might end up? Thoughts about pigs and how we live them appreciated.
Pig Parts In Bullets? Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049", follows the many parts of a pig to see how they are used. Of the 185 products she discovered, she shares several surprising examples. Her goal? To create an awareness of the products so that we, society, can "take better care of what's behind our products". She says the first step is to know that they [the products] are there.
