But in 2001, TLC persisted in its efforts to preserve the breed and supported the founding of the Red Wattle Hog Association, an organization “dedicated to recovering and promoting the ...

Hood raises Red Wattle pigs, a heritage breed that the Livestock Conservancy, a nonprofit working to protect breeds and poultry from extinction, says is threatened. In 1999, there were fewer than ...

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.

The Red Wattle is a breed that nearly became extinct until a few farmers made it their mission to bring back the swine of their youth. "Two-hundred years ago there were 20 to 30 breeds with wattles.

PIG TALE: The nearly extinct Red Wattle pig has been making a comeback, thanks to breeders like Tyler De Francisco of Sugar Creek Meats in Leicester. Photo by Sarah Green. At first glance, the Red ...

Threatened breeds today include Gloucestershire Old Spots, Guinea Hog (not pig, that would be the rodent), Large Black and Red Wattle. Hereford and Tamworth, the so-called “bacon pig,” are on ...

“The Red Wattle is a more docile pig, easygoing, laid back. ... For the past five years he’s been slowly growing a herd of heritage breed swine on about 60 acres of open pasture, ...

Duroc-breed hog will star April 30 when Taste of Derby chefs cook the deep red tenderloin. ... Endangered Red Wattle and Mulefoot pork breed products, fresh and cured, ...

Travis Hood is raising a rare species of pig called the Red Wattle. He's part of a small but growing movement across the country to hold on to biodiversity and save heritage breeds.