Cross Timbers Homestead
Pastured pigs in the wooded paddock at Cross Timbers Homestead

🐖 Pigs · rotational grazing · woods and pasture

Pastured pork,
the way pigs were built to live.

Outside, in the woods, on rotated paddocks. No confinement, no farrowing crates, no concrete. Just pigs doing what pigs do — and the soil benefiting from it.

How we raise them

Woods, pasture, and A-frame shelter.

We raise Idaho Pasture Pigs — a breed selected specifically for grazing. Where most pigs are wrecking crews on soil, IPPs are genuinely different: low rooting, low disturbance, and built to eat vegetation. They graze, wallow, and move through paddocks the way pigs are built to live — which is good for the land when you rotate them regularly. Our pigs stay in with a single strand of hotwire set 6 to 8 inches off the ground. No elaborate fencing, no permanent infrastructure. One wire, and they respect it. Pasture-raised, no confinement, no farrowing crates.

Why our pork is different

The right pig, honest feed, and fresh ground.

Most pork comes from fast-growing commercial hogs raised indoors in confinement. Ours comes from a breed made for grazing, fed a non-GMO, peanut-based feed, and kept moving between open pasture and the woods.

🐖 Idaho Pasture Pigs

A breed developed from Duroc, Berkshire, and Kunekune for one job: living on grass. The short, upturned snout means they graze instead of tearing up the ground. They're calm, easy to handle, and good mothers. And they grow the slow, old-fashioned way, which gives you deep red, well-marbled pork with real flavor.

🥜 Non-GMO, peanut-based feed

Pasture comes first. Alongside it, the pigs get a non-GMO feed built around peanuts instead of a standard GMO corn-and-soy hog ration. Peanut-fed hogs are an old Southern tradition: Virginia's famous country hams were built on them. A diet like that shows up in the fat, which comes out rich and sweet with a nutty edge.

🌳 Pasture and woods, in rotation

The pigs move between open paddocks and the woods under our pecans, post oaks, and cedar elms. On pasture they graze and spread manure. In the woods they clear brush, eat windfall, and find shade through the Texas summer. Each patch gets worked and then gets rest before they come back, so the pigs are always on fresh ground and the land is better for it.

What that means for you

  • · Better-tasting pork. Heritage-style marbling from a slow-grown grazing breed, raised on pasture, woods, and a peanut-based feed.
  • · You know what went in. Grass, forage, windfall, and a non-GMO feed. No GMO corn-and-soy ration.
  • · Pigs that live like pigs. Outdoors year-round, rooting, wallowing, and grazing. No confinement, no farrowing crates, no concrete.
  • · Better land. Every share supports a farm that uses its pigs to build soil and clear woodland instead of wearing it out.

Thinking about raising your own? Our feeder pigs and breeding stock come from this same system, so they already know pasture, woods, and a single strand of hotwire.

How shares work

You buy the animal. The butcher does the rest.

An animal share means you're buying a portion of a single, living pig. You're not buying packaged meat from us.

  1. 1. Reserve a share. Whole or half. Deposit holds your spot.
  2. 2. We deliver the pig to a licensed Texas butcher. Our part ends at delivery.
  3. 3. You call the butcher directly. You specify cuts — chops, ribs, ground, bacon, sausage seasonings, organs — and you pay the butcher for processing.
  4. 4. You pick up your meat at the butcher. Vacuum-sealed and frozen the way you asked for it.

Whole and half-hog shares — limited and seasonal. Registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock and feeder pigs available seasonally.

Live animal sales

Feeder pigs and registered breeding stock.

We sell feeder pigs for raise-out — for the freezer, for a learning project, or to take to your own processor. Weaned, healthy, and raised on pasture from day one.

We also sell registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock when available. If you're starting or expanding an IPP operation, buying from animals that already know rotational grazing and single-wire electric fence is a real head start.

Availability runs with the season. Get in touch and we'll let you know what's coming.

Pricing

Contact us for current pricing.

Pork share pricing depends on the year and the animal. Email us and we'll quote what's actually available — no obligation, no subscription.

[email protected]

New to shares? Read how animal shares work · see how we farm · back to the homestead

FAQ

Pork share FAQ

What breed of pigs do you raise? +
Idaho Pasture Pigs — a grazing breed selected for low rooting and low soil disturbance. They're built to eat vegetation rather than tear up ground, which makes them good for the land when rotated regularly.
Are the pigs confined or kept in crates? +
No. Our pigs are pasture-raised in the woods and on rotated paddocks — no confinement, no farrowing crates, no concrete. A single strand of hotwire keeps them in.
What do you feed your pigs? +
Pasture and woodland forage first: grass, brush, and windfall from our pecans and oaks. Alongside that they get a non-GMO, peanut-based feed instead of a standard GMO corn-and-soy hog ration.
How does a hog share work? +
You reserve a whole or half-hog share with a deposit. We deliver the live pig to a licensed Texas butcher; you call the butcher to specify your cuts — chops, ribs, ground, bacon, sausage, organs — and pay them for processing, then pick up vacuum-sealed and frozen. How animal shares work →
Is pork available year-round? +
No — whole and half-hog shares are limited and seasonal. Registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock and feeder pigs are also available seasonally.
How much does a hog share cost? +
Pork share pricing depends on the year and the animal. Email [email protected] and we'll quote what's actually available — no obligation, no subscription.
Do you sell feeder pigs or breeding stock? +
Yes — weaned feeder pigs for raise-out, and registered Idaho Pasture Pig breeding stock when available.