138 Adamsville Road, Westport, Massachusetts 02790, United States
Our pigs are born here, raised to market weight (10-11 months of age), and processed at Meatworks (USDA facility in Westport). We sell a variety of retail cuts (see price list below).
Why is pastured pork so expensive? Pigs are one of the few animals that can't survive primarily on grasses. Pigs do eat some grasses (mostly their roots) and high quality food scraps, but their primary nutrition is grain. Grain prices have skyrocketed since the pandemic, and pigs eats A LOT of grain over their lifetime. We fed a $22 50-lb. bag of grain daily for the last few months the pigs were here.
If a farm has a breeding program (like ours), they also have to maintain a 500-lb sow and a 500+-lb. boar to get piglets. Most farms will breed for 1 or 2 farrowings/year. So that's a lot of time feeding large, hungry parents whose only marketable product is piglets.
Also, processing costs have increased. On average it costs us $10 / lb. to raise these pigs, not factoring in farmer labor.
What is pastured pork? https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-pastured-pork-2216585
Understanding a pig's anatomy and common cuts https://www.thespruceeats.com/pig-diagram-and-pork-chart-995306
Pork cuts and how to cook them https://www.thespruceeats.com/complete-guide-to-pork-cuts-4067791
Watch the blackboards on the street and IG (@sweetgoatlaurie) for details on pop-up events.
Thick sliced belly or jowl bacon, and bacon ends (small chunks).
Center cut, rib, and sirloin chops. Center cut and rib chops are packaged 2 chops/package. Sirloin chops are bigger so come 1/package.
90% lean. You will not find ground pork this beautiful anywhere else.
From the upper shoulder (blade or butt or Boston) and from the lower shoulder (picnic or arm). Roasts range in size from 2.5 - 5 lb.
Great for slow-cooking and pulled pork.
From the upper or butt part of the shoulder. Smaller cut (about the size of a large man's hand) with lots of fat and flavor. Great for slow-cooking, braising, or grilling. These are boneless so they can also be pounded flat and treated as a cutlet.
Generally 1 rib weighs about a pound and feeds 1 moderately hungry person.
Large rack.
Inquire.
Sold by appointment only (call or text) and through occasional pop-up farm store events. Watch the blackboards out front.
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