Red Wattle hogs are among the struggling livestock breeds that a small group of dedicated farmers and ranchers are working to preserve this heritage hog breed. Organic Gardening.

Kentucky hog farmer Travis Hood with Luther, a young Red Wattle boar. Hood started raising Red Wattles five years ago after cuts to his job, and began turning a profit on the meat in February.

In that realm, a red wattle hog is sold for roughly $900. Custom butchering adds another $300. “Buying from me in bulk is probably the most economical way to do it,” Brown said.

They also raise Red Wattle hogs and cross-breed the two. Red Wattle originated in the United States and is considered a threatened breed, according to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.

The mound of fat, snowy white and glistening, wobbled as cook Jn Francois Normil sliced into it. Cut from around the loin and kidneys of one of Rosy Tomorrows' recently butchered Red Wattle hogs ...

Plans for the new Red Hog craft butcher shop at 2622 Frankfort Avenue in Crescent Hill will be reviewed by BOZA Aug. 24. ... The name comes from the Red Wattle hogs Hancock raises on Wildwood Farm ...

A roughly 650-pound Red Wattle-cross hog from Mr. Ross’s own stock was killed, processed and used for various dishes, such as the regional specialty known as puddin’.

Hog wild for heritage pork: ... In the meantime, Kettle Range Meat, at 5501 W. State St., still has plenty of Red Wattle, another heritage pork breed, starting at $8.95 a pound.

Named for the Red Wattle hogs Hancock has raised for seven years on Wildwood Farm, ... Red Hog butcher shop will likely be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Hancock says, ...

The guest of honor was also the elephant in the room. No, it wasn't an actual pachyderm. It was a magnificent Red Wattle hog. Well, half of one, anyway; it had been halved from snout to tail, and ...

Brave new hogs. Barton’s name for the black pigs is “Texas Roar”—the second word is a portmanteau of “Red Wattle” and “boar”—and he got to name them because he more or less ...