From devo0009@gold.tc.umn.eduWed Apr 12 12:48:54 1995 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 95 09:16:01 -0500 From: "Brian A. DeVore" To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Factory Hog Resource HERE ARE THREE GOOD RESOURCES ON FACTORY HOGS AND THE ALTERNATIVES: BOSS HOG: NORTH CAROLINA'S PORK REVOLUTION This is a ground-breaking series of investigative articles originally published by the Raleigh News & Observer in February and March, 1995. They take a hard look at the environmental, economic and social effects of North Carolina's factory hog industry. These articles offer excellent documentation of what happens when livestock production is concentrated in the hands of a few powerful interests with strong political ties. Reprints can be ordered by sending a $5 check to: New Media/Boss Hog, P.O. Box 191, Raleigh, N.C. 27602 (make checks payable to New Media; please send a mailing label for each place you want the reprints sent to -- they do not have to be gummed labels). PROFITABILITY OF A SUSTAINABLE HOG AND BEEF FARM IN MINNESOTA The case study, put together by the Land Stewardship Project and the Minnesota Department of Agricultue, features an enterprise analysis of a sustainably managed beef and hog operation in southern Minnesota. Low-cost buildings and managed pastures are two of the many strategies this farm family uses to contain costs and insure profits. To order, send $3, plus $1 shipping & handling for the first book, 50 cents for each additional one to: LSP, 2200 4th St., White Bear Lake, MN 55110 (for 10 or more, please call 612/653-0618 for a bulk discount; Minn. residents add 6.5% sales tax). A GENTLER WAY -- SOWS ON PASTURE: REPORTS FROM SUSTAINABLE FARMERS FROM MINNESOTA & IOWA Compiled by Dwight and Becky Ault of Austin, Minn., this 23-page booklet includes several articles on pasture farrowing of hogs. It is packed full of firsthand, practical information that the Aults and other area farmers have gathered from many years of raising hogs on pasture. The publication was produced with the help of the Land Stewardship Project, Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Program, and the Practical Farmers of Iowa. To order, send $3 for a single copy, $2 for two or more to: Dwight Ault, Rt. 1, Box 230, Austin, MN 55912.