One of our favorite visits this summer was a local Hog Farm. Teaching my girls about animals and what we eat is vital in today's society. There are so many misconceptions on animal treatment and cleanliness. My girls have grown up around many animals but one we do not own on the farm is a pig. This visit they got to see houses/rooms of baby piglets weaned from their mother. Above Sayde and friend/tour guide Tracy kneel to catch a baby pig.
Success as the Girls and Tracy pose for a picture with baby.
This is my favorite picture of the day......after an hour of questions and learning how pigs are raised on the farm Sayde caught her first pig by herself. Needless to say she got pooed on.......this farm girl wiped it off and headed out the door with shirt in tow.
Did you know that our 1st Congressional District in KY is the 48th largest hog producing region in the US? That almost 3,000 jobs in KY come from Pork Production. Today there are more than 67,000 pork operations compared with nearly 3 million
in the 1950s. Less operations trying to supply the demand.
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