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餐馆正在追求“当地”和“公正”的选择趋势，而且这种需求日益增加。他们甚至说因为他们知道本地的农民，所以选择本地的猪场。那么本地的猪场是什么样的？作者拜访了美国乔治亚州麦迪逊附近的安德森农场。
充足的空间，有7头瞩目和100头生长育肥猪。这里远离其他猪场，大约有48英亩（19公顷）。
会见Benji Anderson，31岁，他是这个小户室外饲养猪场的老板。室外饲养大约每磅带骨肉3美元- 相当于4.89/kg欧元- 刚好够成本。
In the fields we go. Sow Queen Elizabeth, 5, comes to greet her visitors. In this picture she is only a couple of days before farrowing. 在该猪场，我们看到5岁的母猪Queen Elizabeth来迎接。在这张图中，她离产仔还有一两天。
Sow Penny is staying put in her hut together with her litter of five piglets. 母猪Penny和她的五只小仔猪待在小屋里。
All pigs on the farm get fed the same feed – a ground mixture of soybean meal , corn and minerals. 农场所有的猪都饲喂相同的饲料，豆粕，玉米和矿物质的混合研磨物。
In fact, the pigs consume everything that comes in sight, which includes acorns but also snakes. Some have trouble digesting grass – and it is spitted out again. 事实上，猪食用能看到的任何东西，其中包括橡子还有蛇。有些难以消化的草—图中显示的是吐出来的。
King Richard是农场的公猪。安德森使用伯克郡猪，杜洛克猪和塔姆沃思进行杂交繁育。
This young pig in the middle will not be used for meat production but is destined to become one of the future boars on the farm. By not importing semen or breeding stock, Anderson hopes to keep diseases out. 中间的年轻猪不会用来生产猪肉，但是要作为农场未来育种的公猪之一。安德森农场不引进精子和种畜，希望可以防止带入疾病。
The sows have several wallows (mud pools) at their disposal. This picture was taken in winter, when there was no water in it. 母猪有几个打滚地方（泥坑）。图片是在冬天照的，所以那里没有水。
Water is pumped up and distributed over the farm area. 水被抽上来，并分流到农场各个区域。
A side step for Anderson Farms – some acres are devoted to goat meat production. 安德森农场的另一边——有些地方用来肉用山羊养殖。
Piglets are weaned at six weeks; grow-finishers share the same large area. Only in the first week, they get some privacy inside a fenced area to get used to the new situation. 仔猪是在第六周断奶：生长育肥猪共享同样大的面积。只有在第一周，它们可得到一些自己的围栏区域，用来适应新的环境。
The older and younger pigs soon express interest in each other. 较老的和较年轻的猪很快表达相互之间的兴趣。
A weaning dip is usually not really present, as the pigs have been used to solid feed since day 10. 断奶后体重下降通常不会出现，因为猪自己有10天的时间适应固体饲料。
All growers and finishers share the same feeding place, which is topped up by hand every now and again. 所有的生长猪和育肥猪共享相同的饲养环境，这里可以人工时不时来加料。
The feeding station comes with flaps to shield it off from unwanted rodents, deer or birds. The pigs know how to lift the lids. 饲料糟配制了盖子，可防止不想看到的啮齿动物，鹿和鸟类。猪懂得如何用头揭盖子。
Once the pigs are between 250 and 300 pounds (113-136 kg), Anderson brings them to a slaugherhouse in Toccoa, Georgia by truck. He is at an average of 100 pigs/year. 一旦猪达到250-300磅（113-136公斤）之间，安德森就用卡车带它们到乔治亚州托科阿的一个屠宰场。他平均1年生产100头猪。
After a few days, he picks up the cuts of meat, which he stores in own fridges. 过几天，他就可拿到肉切块， 存储在自己的冰箱里。
He delivers personally to e.g. Pork Burger, a ‘green’ chain with four restaurants in the greater Atlanta area. 他亲自将猪肉交付给如“猪肉汉堡”，这是一个大亚特兰大地区的'绿色'链，它有四家餐厅。
Another customer is, in Athens, which since 2011 has been specialising in selling products around concepts like ‘fair price’, ‘local’ and ‘care’. 另一个客户是雅典的Heirlooms。这里从2011年以来一直专注于销售像“公平价格”，“本地”和“关怀”的概念产品。
One outcome of the outdoor pork journey – a burger with minced pork and bacon. 室外猪肉旅程的成果之一 —用剁碎的猪肉和熏肉制作的汉堡包。 英文来源：pigprogress 译者：畜牧人编辑IRIS
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