and the Red Wattle hogs in their run. I loved the piglets, but at the time, I gave no thought to what breed they were, or those distinctions beyond “pig” or “hog” even existed. So when my ...

Hood raises Red Wattle pigs, a heritage breed that the Livestock Conservancy, a nonprofit working to protect breeds and poultry from extinction, says is threatened. In 1999, there were fewer than ...

this almost-extinct breed of pig has moved back onto breeders’ radar and is now making its way onto diners’ plates at a few local restaurants. “I couldn’t find Red Wattle anywhere,” says ...

Travis Hood of Hood's Heritage Hogs in Robertson County is working to re-create an old breed of pig with the help of D'Lovely, an Andrus red wattle sow. Hood's focus is on ancient breeds of hogs ...

Threatened breeds today include Gloucestershire Old Spots, Guinea Hog (not pig, that would be the rodent), Large Black and Red Wattle. Hereford and Tamworth, the so-called “bacon pig,” are on ...

“The Red Wattle is a more docile pig, easygoing, laid back ... For the past five years he’s been slowly growing a herd of heritage breed swine on about 60 acres of open pasture, where they ...

Once that happens, the Roar could become the first new Texas hog breed since the Red Wattle. The Roar pigs may look like both of their parents, but they get their eating habits from their fathers.

When the Portland Farmers Market opens March 20, Reed will be on the South Park Blocks selling flavor-cured bacon made from the bellies of Red Wattle pigs, a rare heritage breed. "I covet the Red ...