Combining pigs with crops can make sustainable sense
Is it possible to devise a sustainable system for pig production that is profitable and can apply at every scale of production? Farming methods that combine rearing livestock with growing crops or forest management might offer a solution.
24 April 2019
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Pigs as soil improvers: “A digger from the front and fertilizer from the back” (Sepp Holzer) © Irene Camerlink
Alentejano pigs grazing between oak trees in Portugal © Irene Camerlink
Pigs at Fulin farm, China, are both valuable pork and good soil improvers © Irene Camerlink
Crops planted where there were first pigs © Irene Camerlink
Irene Camerlink
PhD and post-doc researcher
Irene Camerlink is a researcher at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna (Vetmeduni) where she works on social behaviour in pigs and its relationship to neurobiology and animal welfare.
