Conventionally raised suckling pig is readily available at most butcher and specialty shops in Canada. But to find a good quality, heritage breed raised without drugs and promotants in the feed ...

Julia Smith loves her pigs. She hopes to grow 200 pigs for the market next year on her new 21-acre property. (Julia Smith) "I'm the best pig belly rubber in Burnaby!" says Julia Smith who calls ...

Just south of Qualicum Bay on Vancouver Island, a farmer is trying to preserve a rare breed of pig by advertising its tasty meat. There are about 400 "large black" pigs left in Canada.

As with many rare breeds, the decision in the 1950s to concentrate pig production on just three breeds (Landrace, Large White and the Welsh) was disastrous for the British Lop, says the RBST.

Peruvian guinea pigs, locally known as 'cuy,' have been traditionally raised for meat consumption since pre-Inca times. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo) “It is a precocious breed,” said Solórzano.