KPPA HELP GUIDES

Home Butchering & Processing

• Understanding Types of Processing

• Butcher Interview\Questionnaire

• KPPA Price your Pork Calculator

• Farmstead MeatsSmith: hands-on classes and online membership in slaughter, butchery, charcuterie

• “Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering” by Adam Danforth

• “Whole Beast Butchery: The Complete Visual Guide to Beef, Lamb, and Pork” by Ryan Farr

• “The Ethical Meat Handbook: From sourcing to butchery, mindful meat eating for the modern omnivore” by Meredith Leigh

• “Pure Charcuterie: The Craft and Poetry of Curing Meats at Home“ by Meredith Leigh

Records & Certifications

• Animal Welfare Approved (Pigs)

• Swine Production Records

Other Resources

• Effect of withholding feed from swine before slaughter on carcass and viscera weights and meat quality

• Can Heritage Pork Scale Up?