Mere Pigs is
Andy and Rachel's
small family run business in the South West corner of Wiltshire.
Our quest for 'the good life' started
in 2006 with
an allotment growing our own vegetables. We purchased some Black
Rock Chickens for an egg supply and quickly realised how much
the family enjoyed looking after the animals. In 2007 we took on
a farm business tenancy and bought a small herd of Alpacas.
The
alpacas are easy to handle and have such great
characters that they were the perfect introduction to
smallholding life, with the added bonus of protecting
the chickens from foxes. Mere
Alpacas was created to sell the yarn produced. Our
daughter also purchased two delightful pygmy
goats which keep us entertained with their inquisitive
and often amusing antics.
After completing a
smallholding course at Lackham Agricultural College and
a pig keeping course at Pig Paradise Farm we decided our next
step was with rare breed pigs. This enables us to
produce meat with exquisite flavour and help keep an
endangered native breed alive.
We purchased our first
pigs in 2010 and have been delighted with the breed and
quality of the meat produced. We are also
grateful to our customers for their extremely positive
and encouraging feedback.
