Raised on small, independent farms across the Midwest
               
        
                
No slotted floors, gestation crates, or farrowing crates
               
        
                
No nose rings, detusking, or tail docking
               
        
                
Humane raising practices always
               
        
                
Pasture-raised (as weather allows)
               
        
                
No routine antibiotics (only if medically necessary)
               
        
                
No growth promotants (like added hormones or steroids)
               
        
                
No ractopamine (a feed additive still permitted in conventional U.S. pork)