We must all be mindful that with feed prices rising that we do not turn to unconventional feeding regimes, kitchen waste is still illegal to feed to our pigs. The Charity is working with a pig nutrition company that will help solve our issues and offer a healthy option. Keep your ears and eyes open when we will update further on the Charity forum and website. Times are changing and technology is improving and as a charity we are mindful of what we can do better to help you, our supporters.
Lets have a good ole rootle Photo: Aimee Edmond Welcome to our first edition of "The Sandy Pig" magazine. Louise Blenkhorn, our resident pig vet will be covering medical topics of interest. We are announcing our Exhibition and Sale, yes it is back this year with new venue. Andrew reports on our geographical locations of our bloodlines with the help of our popular Genetic Spread Allowance, we have a recipe section and a little quiz section and there is more. Have a rootle around and enjoy. There is no getting away from it, we are experiencing unprecedented and difficult times. Your resilience to the increasing sustainability concerns that we experience has not wavered. The level of pork being produced and sold has grown and the market for meat weaners and breeding stock has held steady in the last quarter. Therefore our breed is showing a steady growth, both in terms of bloodlines and meat production. Keep up the good work everyone the OSBPG Charity is very proud.
Reducing our carbon footprint is very topical and is being vocalised wherever we go, we want to harness this and as such the OSBPG Foundation Charity has turned to hosting our talks via zoom, it has been a popular move. With fuel costs as they are, we have seen that it is far more cost effective to stay at home and take an hour and half out of our day to sit in front of our devices at a time when all our chores have been done. Rather than organise someone to look after our livestock, jump into a car, drive to the destination to attend a talk and drive back. Which in some cases can take a whole day for some of us. Our Genetic Spread Allowance is increasingly popular helping you to source your bloodlines with the Charity donating GBP175.00 to help towards costs for fuel. Our Breeding initiative programme is also proving to be a concept that initiates a good geographical spread whereby the Charity is grading potential stock to be relocated to parts of the UK. We have put our bloodlines in Scotland, introduced new lines in Devon and Cornwall, we have put new lines in the North of England, West of England and East of England. We are working hard to help our supporters and we are listening too. Rest assured we will continue to listen. Thank you for your support as together we are creating a better future for our breed and its breeding potential. Always remember that the charity is your charity and with your kind donations and becoming a friend you give us the impetus to strive forward. Thank you!
