Boneless ham from wild Norcia pork

Ethical breeding

In this breeding no antibiotic treatments are made, tail docking is not carried out and a different philosophy is adopted also with regard to the castration of males, which is preferred to avoid in order not to weaken the male pigs, which living in the wild and exposed to predators (wolves and foxes), must be able to better resist bad weather and defend themselves and the pack from any attacks.

What is a Brado Pig?

Male pigs are generally castrated when they are very small to avoid an unpleasant smell that the meat would take on in reproductive age, to avoid this problem and castration in this farm, the males are slaughtered a little earlier, around 6-8 months (therefore before the sexual maturity), Giuseppe also assures us that both for the breed and for the wild life, the smell would not be very intense anyway.

"We are aware that they then serve to nourish us, but up to that point we make them arrive in a very dignified way."

Life on the farm is very similar to what would happen in nature, there is a shelter, an old pre-existing structure, which now represents only a covered shelter, because the animals are free to enter and exit and have access to the outside. a large territory between meadows and woods.

the insemination is natural and unassisted, the sows give birth independently in the open (only in case of need inside), sheltering and hiding the young in the shrubs for the first days of life.