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05/05/2024

Well she was over 6 weeks late to her due date but better late then never. I had counted her out and said she wasn't going to do it. So happy we got a second calf this year.

03/01/2024

Our first Wagyu calf born on .acres farm! How exciting!

10/22/2023

09/23/2023

"Everything I want to do is illegal" -Joel Salatin

07/05/2023

Why do I love our Bacon Ends?? They're perfect for garden fresh green beans. Don't forget to grab both at the market this week!

06/25/2023

This cuteness is at the market today! Make sure you stop by and grab your meat and vegetables for the week. Plus some delicious desserts!!

05/28/2023

The Bakers Arces boys will be back at the Nashville Farmers Market till 2pm today! Lots of great options for your cookouts. Make sure you stop by and see them.

04/09/2023

What a fun addition to this Beautiful Easter Day! 2 baby ewe lambs born this morning. So 3 out of our 4 lambs we had this spring were ewe lambs to keep on the farm and help us grow. Have a Blessed Easter!

01/25/2023

We have about 200 Pasture Raised Non-GMO Whole Chickens available from fall 2022. 4/lb deep discount to move fast. Message us if your interested.

01/12/2023

Attention Bakers Acres community! We still have 2 whole hog or 4 half hog options still available for our February or March processing appointments. We also have a couple freezers full of last years pork we are ready to make some deals on. Reach out if your interested in either. Let's get your freezer full of healthy Pasture Raised, Rotationally Grazed, Non-GMO Mangalitsa Pork.

11/25/2022

Mangalitsa education:

here you can see the difference between the Mangalitsa (Lard breed) and a normal meat breed. The Mangalitsa was around 20 months of age, the meat breed was around 7-9 months of age.

Look at the total different shapes of the carcasses:

Mangalitsa:
1. Has wider shoulders because they needed to forage outside and find their own food in the days when they were “developed” in 1833. The neck is much more developed as you can see.

2. The ham is “flat” and not round as it is in meat breeds.

3. What we can’t see in the picture is that the loin (muscle) of a Mangalitsa will often only be 1/2 of the size of the loin of a meat heritage breed and often only 1/3 of the confinement pig breeds. And that’s not the length, but the thickness of the muscle.

The whole shape of the carcass of a Mangalitsa pig is totally different from the carcass of a meat breed, as you can see in the picture.

When you would have a cross it would more show of the meat breed influence than the lard breed.

The shape of a Mangalitsa pig is more like a pear, small hind end and wide shoulders, maybe interesting to know this.

Feel free to share, so we educate Farmers, Butchers & Chefs.

Greets Barbara Meyer zu Altenschildesche / www.Royal-Mangalitsa.com