Pork

The Middle White pig is one of Britain’s traditional breeds, and is now classified as a Rare Breed. I have never tasted better pork than that from the Middle White, with which I first became acquainted when filming at Heal Farm in North Devon, where Ann Petch rears a small herd of all the rare breeds of British pigs. Richard Vaughan of Pedigree Meats of Herefordshire also sells meat from Middle Whites and is one of a growing band of farmers who have converted from conventional, large-scale, fast-turnover farming, in his case to specializing in rare breeds, which his wife originally reared for showing.