Reviving Hog Traditions
On a cold, clear November morning, six students from across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio gathered to perform a sacred act. They didn’t know each other prior to their arrival at Firefly Valley Farm in southern Indiana (www.FireflyValley.farm). They were from a variety of backgrounds, but all shared a hunger for the knowledge of a ritual carried on for generations. All yearned to understand and practice the skill of humanely harvesting and processing a hog.
COVID-19 significantly affected largescale meat processors as the virus found an ideal home in the industry’s close, cramped processing quarters. The domino effect
