Mike Sula over at Chicago Reader has a must-read series on Blanchardville, WI farmers Linda Derrickson and MarkKessenich and their efforts to save the dwindling population of mulefoot pigs by raising them for food on their 154-acre Hillspring Farm. Says Derrickson:
“If you treat them just like precious zoo animals that’s how they get extinct….That does [...]
Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye tattooed and stuffed pigs as part of a project on the Art Farm in China. While Team Ham doesn’t advocate animal cruelty, we do think Louise’s tats look great.
via Brand Spanking New
Forget discus and luge–here comes “Olympig Racing.”
The Ham Bone Express outfit, operated by the Boger family out of Fayatteville, Arkansas, will provide a fleet of 16 vet-certified racing piglets for your next event. And that’s not all:
Bright colors and professional sound tell your audience they [...]
If you like your pigs high-concept rather than represenational, Williams Sonoma is flogging this thing as a “porcelain salt pig.” Apparently the large opening is supposed to be the snout. We think it could benefit from some hocks and a curly tail, but at $17 one can’t have everything.
And though Team Ham is [...]
Hells yeah. For $19.99 plus shipping, you can get a pig pinata big enough for 8 kids or one Team. Pork not included, but I’m thinking this would go great with a picnic shoulder.
via Pinatas.com
from the Department of Just Not Right:
Something about the crazed eyes and the too-wide smile….I’d give this ‘pig pencil’ by massimo giacon a miss.
But if pig decor or olfactory animal sharpening is your thing, this plastic pig pencil sharpener is available at Unica Home.
Link: ‘pig Pencil’ By Massimo Giacon - Alessi - Massimo [...]
In what animal welfare activists are hailing as a “historic advance,” Burger King Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it is sourcing pork and eggs from suppliers that do not confine their animals in crates and cages.
full story from the Organic Consumers Association