1. Pork pie wedding cakes and pets as ring bearers are the big wedding trends this year

    · By Debra · Posted in News

    Let’s be honest, nothing says best day of your life like three heavy-bottomed tiers of pork pie. Pork pie wedding cakes are just one of the trends set to take over wedding season this year. A survey of 1,000 couples set to marry in 2016, carried out by wedding venue, Heaton House Farm, has revealed…

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  2. Cost Savings for Pig Processors

    · By Debra · Posted in Meat

    Cost savings for pork processors exporting to the USA are on the cards following an agreement with USDA regarding trichinella testing. Finished pigs from controlled housing destined to be exported to the US frozen, no longer need to be tested for trichinella. Finished pigs from ‘uncontrolled’ housing, together with boars and sows still need to…

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  3. New marketing tool gets “positive feedback” from EU farmers

    · By Debra · Posted in News

    Copa-Cogeca has given its backing to a new online tool which it says will help farmers across Europe become better at marketing their produce. Commenting at Expo Milano on the online Farm Inc project, Copa vice-president, Maira Dzelzkaleja (pictured above), said her organisation had received “positive feedback” on the project, including from national governments and…

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  4. 5 Ways to Enjoy Your Pork Pie

    · By Debra · Posted in News

    Pork Pies have been around for centuries – in fact the first recorded recipe for a pork pie was 1390 in the kitchen of the Court of King Richard and today’s pork pie is still a direct descendent of the medieval pie tradition. More recently the pork pie has been elevated from a furtive snack…

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