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餐館正在追求“當地”和“公正”的選擇趨勢，而且這種需求日益增加。他們甚至說因為他們知道本地的農民，所以選擇本地的豬場。那么本地的豬場是什么樣的？作者拜訪了美國喬治亞州麥迪遜附近的安德森農場。
充足的空間，有7頭矚目和100頭生長育肥豬。這里遠離其他豬場，大約有48英畝（19公頃）。
會見Benji Anderson，31歲，他是這個小戶室外飼養豬場的老板。室外飼養大約每磅帶骨肉3美元- 相當于4.89/kg歐元- 剛好夠成本。
In the fields we go. Sow Queen Elizabeth, 5, comes to greet her visitors. In this picture she is only a couple of days before farrowing. 在該豬場，我們看到5歲的母豬Queen Elizabeth來迎接。在這張圖中，她離產仔還有一兩天。
Sow Penny is staying put in her hut together with her litter of five piglets. 母豬Penny和她的五只小仔豬待在小屋里。
All pigs on the farm get fed the same feed – a ground mixture of soybean meal , corn and minerals. 農場所有的豬都飼喂相同的飼料，豆粕，玉米和礦物質的混合研磨物。
In fact, the pigs consume everything that comes in sight, which includes acorns but also snakes. Some have trouble digesting grass – and it is spitted out again. 事實上，豬食用能看到的任何東西，其中包括橡子還有蛇。有些難以消化的草—圖中顯示的是吐出來的。
King Richard是農場的公豬。安德森使用伯克郡豬，杜洛克豬和塔姆沃思進行雜交繁育。
This young pig in the middle will not be used for meat production but is destined to become one of the future boars on the farm. By not importing semen or breeding stock, Anderson hopes to keep diseases out. 中間的年輕豬不會用來生產豬肉，但是要作為農場未來育種的公豬之一。安德森農場不引進精子和種畜，希望可以防止帶入疾病。
The sows have several wallows (mud pools) at their disposal. This picture was taken in winter, when there was no water in it. 母豬有幾個打滾地方（泥坑）。圖片是在冬天照的，所以那里沒有水。
Water is pumped up and distributed over the farm area. 水被抽上來，并分流到農場各個區域。
A side step for Anderson Farms – some acres are devoted to goat meat production. 安德森農場的另一邊——有些地方用來肉用山羊養殖。
Piglets are weaned at six weeks; grow-finishers share the same large area. Only in the first week, they get some privacy inside a fenced area to get used to the new situation. 仔豬是在第六周斷奶：生長育肥豬共享同樣大的面積。只有在第一周，它們可得到一些自己的圍欄區域，用來適應新的環境。
The older and younger pigs soon express interest in each other. 較老的和較年輕的豬很快表達相互之間的興趣。
A weaning dip is usually not really present, as the pigs have been used to solid feed since day 10. 斷奶后體重下降通常不會出現，因為豬自己有10天的時間適應固體飼料。
All growers and finishers share the same feeding place, which is topped up by hand every now and again. 所有的生長豬和育肥豬共享相同的飼養環境，這里可以人工時不時來加料。
The feeding station comes with flaps to shield it off from unwanted rodents, deer or birds. The pigs know how to lift the lids. 飼料糟配制了蓋子，可防止不想看到的嚙齒動物，鹿和鳥類。豬懂得如何用頭揭蓋子。
Once the pigs are between 250 and 300 pounds (113-136 kg), Anderson brings them to a slaugherhouse in Toccoa, Georgia by truck. He is at an average of 100 pigs/year. 一旦豬達到250-300磅（113-136公斤）之間，安德森就用卡車帶它們到喬治亞州托科阿的一個屠宰場。他平均1年生產100頭豬。
After a few days, he picks up the cuts of meat, which he stores in own fridges. 過幾天，他就可拿到肉切塊， 存儲在自己的冰箱里。
He delivers personally to e.g. Pork Burger, a ‘green’ chain with four restaurants in the greater Atlanta area. 他親自將豬肉交付給如“豬肉漢堡”，這是一個大亞特蘭大地區的'綠色'鏈，它有四家餐廳。
Another customer is, in Athens, which since 2011 has been specialising in selling products around concepts like ‘fair price’, ‘local’ and ‘care’. 另一個客戶是雅典的Heirlooms。這里從2011年以來一直專注于銷售像“公平價格”，“本地”和“關懷”的概念產品。
One outcome of the outdoor pork journey – a burger with minced pork and bacon. 室外豬肉旅程的成果之一 —用剁碎的豬肉和熏肉制作的漢堡包。 英文來源：pigprogress 譯者：畜牧人編輯IRIS
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