Enhancing pork flavor and fat quality with swine raised in sylvan systems: Potential niche-market application for the Ossabaw hog

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-191

  Talbott, Charles W ^a   Todd See, M ^b   Kaminsky, Peter ^c   Bixby, Don ^d   Sturek, Michael ^e   Lehr Brisbin, I ^f   Kadzere, Charles ^a  

^a Sustainable Integrated Systems Transforming Agriculture (SISta)   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Food and Wine Section   (United States)

^d American Livestock Breeds Conservancy   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative diets; Endangered breeds; Healthy pork; Mast; Niche markets; Ossabaw hogs; Sylvo pastoral

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; MEAT; PIG;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845639051     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAF2005130     Document Type: Article

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