Charleston Food Spotlight: Peculiar Pig Farm from Dorchester, SC

We were fortunate to meet the team of Peculiar Pig Farm (514 Limestone Road
Dorchester, SC 29437) at the 2023 Charleston Wine + Food Festival and were we impressed. We want to share our love for this amazing farm to all of you.

About Peculiar Pig Farm

I started Peculiar Pig Farm in 2009 with my wife Nikki on the same land my grandfather once farmed.

Farming is something I learned how to do when I was a young boy. My grandfather would take me out on his farm in the morning to feed the hogs and take care of whatever needed taking care of. I began to find purpose when I was out there and would look forward to it every time I visited him. Farming on the land I was raised on is very special to me. I get to relive my fondest memories and put the love and compassion into it the same way my grandfather did.

Our animals are raised in wooded lots that allow them to roam and forage as they please.

We have many lots on our farms that are designated to our hogs at different stages of their life. When it’s time for our female pigs to give birth, we transfer them to our lot in the front. In this lot, there is a covered pen that can hold six birthing pigs at a time. Fresh hay is laid down and there is plenty of room for them to move around and rest where they like. Once the piglets are old enough to be outside that secured pen, they are free to roam around the lot. There are plenty of trees and mud for them to feel comfortable and they love having so many playmates. We keep our piglets with their moms for at least eight weeks.

The other lots are designated to different stages of their life as they get older. We also have chickens, geese, & goats that roam freely around the farm, without access to the pig lots. Our cows are stationed up front in a large lot where they have plenty of room to run around and graze as they please.

Welcome to the farm!

We feed our hogs with their health in mind.

Our pigs are fed a special feed with the addition of fresh fruits and vegetables. We value their lives and want to give them proper food.

In nature, pigs are omnivores so they would consume a diet of grasses, small animals, insects, earth worms, roots and dirt. Along with the feed we give them, our pigs regularly forage for things in the dirt and mud.

Diet matters and we prove that with the taste of our hogs.

Details

• Official Website
• Order Meat Form
• Contact: Candice Crawford, GM – candice@peculiarpigfarm.com