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Europe's Pigs Could Be the Answer to Its Food Waste Problem
A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge shows that if the EU would lift its pigswill ban and use new technologies to heat treat food waste for use as pig food, almost 2 million hectares of land would be saved.
This Scientist Is Using Genetics to Make Your Pork Less Stinky
Because of a chemical reaction known as “boar taint,” male hogs are as stinky in the frying pan as they are in the pig pen.
This Is What Happens When You Get Tattooists to Make Pigs' Heads Look Sexy
New York photographer Peter Garritano decided to find out, and the results are surprisingly beautiful.
What the Story of the Billionaire Behind Pig-Gate Tells Us About British Politics
The One Percenter who spread the news about UK Prime Minister David Cameron's alleged naughty business with a pig is far from an unbiased source.
We Asked PR Experts What You Should Do if You're Accused of Having Sex with a Dead Pig's Mouth
It's a little bit more than a hypothetical question for British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Now We All Have to Imagine David Cameron Sticking His Genitals Inside a Dead Pig
An unauthorized biography of the British Prime Minister alleges he fooled around with a severed pig's head in college.
I Ate Barbecue and Felt Guilty at Quebec's Controversial Pig Festival
Every year, thousands gather in Ste-Perpétue, Quebec to watch grown men and women wrestle a greased pig.
America’s Realizing It Might Not Want to Eat Muscle-Enhanced Pork
Your pig may have been given a little-known muscle-enhancing drug called ractopamine, which is sort of like human growth hormone for pigs.
Harvard Scientists Discovered That Pork Skin Can Shoot Out Lasers
You don’t happen to be running a makeshift nip-and-tuck clinic or be an aspiring Bond villain to be pumped by this.
This Butcher Cuddles With His Pigs Before He Kills Them
Most butchers prefer their pigs dead when they enter the shop. But one Dutch butcher likes to take his live pigs to the beach before turning them into cutlets.
This Trio Is Remaking Swiss Cuisine, One Pig at a Time
Zurich's Hood Food pop-up dinner series aims to reshape how Swiss people approach their food. The latest dinner celebrated the Swiss tradition of Metzgete, a pig slaughter and roast in nothing goes to waste.
A Severed Pig’s Head Showed Me the Importance of Ethical Farming
A London curing company has started its own "meat school"—a butchery course on preparing and preserving the ‘other bits’ left behind in industrial meat production.