What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

We raised pigs for a time on our family farm in Oregon when I was a teenager, and they had stronger personalities than some of my human friends.

While some of our pigs were friendly, docile or ingratiating, one sow named Brunhilda was grumpy, vocal and very strong-willed. But she was a devoted mom, constantly checking on her piglets and leading them around our farm — while showing them how to be independent-minded, too.

Nobody would have mistaken Brunhilda for a saint,........

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