As for their pork, Richardson says: "We raise Duroc, Berkshire, Yorkshire, and Hampshire. We value the heritage breeds and use them to promote their sustainability." Look for them on Wednesdays at the Manor Farmers Market, Wednesdays and alternating Saturdays at the Austin Farmers' Market, and Saturdays at Sunset Valley Farmers Market (call the farm for the current schedule). Richardson Farms 2850 CR 412, Rockdale, 512/446-2306, Veterinarian Jim Richardson and his wife, Kay, with son Lance Clark and his wife, Cheryl, specialize in humanely raised, pastured pork grass-fed beef pastured poultry and free-range eggs and limited seasonal vegetables. You can purchase at the farm, online, or at the Austin Farmers' Market Saturdays and Wednesdays. Peach Creek Farm 375 Peach Creek Rd., Rosanky, 512/332-1945, At their farm in String Prairie, about 18 miles south of Bastrop, Rose and James Page produce free-range Berkshire pork, pasture-raised beef, chickens, ducks, eggs, and seasonal vegetables. Available as whole carcasses or as parts, selling at the Austin Farmers' Market Saturdays and Wednesdays. They are also connected with a group of local farmers who similarly raise pigs, cows, goats, and sheep and also offer feral hog. Sebastien and Esther Bonneu espouse Old World traditional husbandry and butchering of farm-raised ducks, geese, rabbits, chickens, pheasants, turkeys, pigeons, peafowl, and quail. Countryside Family Farm 376 Jones Rd., Cedar Creek, 512/363-2310 This is the pork of your great-grandparents' dinner table. The Austin area is blessed to have several dedicated suppliers of traditionally pastured, old-breed, all-natural pork, either selling their products as whole or partial carcasses or as cuts of pork by the pound.
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