Naturally raised pork by Harborside Farms in Southern Manitoba

Harborside Farms - The only producers in Canada Raising Mule Foot Pigs.

Pastured Pork (American Mule Foot Pigs) Simply the best tasting pork Humanely raised rare heritage breed pork that tastes fabulous

The other white meat?
That's not the way we think of pork, and after you taste Mulefoot pork, you won't either.

The flavor?
Heritage pork is darker, more heavily marbled with fat, juicier and richer-tasting than most pork, and perfect for grilling.

"The meat is very tender, very tasty, just very good pork."

"It is the quantity and quality of fat in heritage breeds of hogs that give the meat its superior flavor when compared to modern breeds that have been bred to produce extremely lean meat."

When pasture-raised meat is good, it's unforgettable.

The meat is a rich beefy color, unlike the anemic color of factory farmed pork.

Pork from heritage breeds is more moist and has a better flavor and texture than the pork from conventional hybrids. Mulefoot pork is freckled with marbling and is red like beef. The meat is dense but not tough and the fat melts slowly, so when you're braising, it takes hours for it to soften, and as it cooks, the fat keeps bathing the meat, making it silky.

You can also cook this pork simply--grilling or roasting it, for instance. It melts in your mouth like butter. There's no need to infuse it with extra fat and flavor, which is necessary with commercial pork.

It usually does cost a bit more to buy meat from heritage breeds, but there are good reasons for the higher price tag: Heritage breeds take longer to reach market weight than conventional breeds, and because they also produce a higher percentage of body fat, fewer of those pounds consist of marketable cuts. The high quality and great flavor of the meat nevertheless creates steady demand from customers willing to pay the premium.

"At last, pork that doesn't taste as though
it has been on a low-fat diet!"

There simply is no comparison... it tastes marvelous!

No hormones. No antibiotics.
Available by the half, or whole.

The Mulefoot is the rarest of American swine breeds. The most distinctive feature of the American Mulefoot hog is the solid hoof which resembles that of a mule.

The Mulefoot is a large docile, black hog with sows weighing 250-400 pounds, boars 350-600 pounds. The American Mulefoot has a documented population with a breed standard and a long history of agricultural use.

This breed is unique to the Mulefoot hogs as mainly black, with occasional animals having white points; medium flop ears; and a soft hair coat. The hogs have a fairly gentle disposition, fatten quite easily, and weigh anywhere from 400-600 pounds at two years of age.

They are considered the highest quality "ham hogs" and are fed to great weights before slaughter.