#32 The Ahupua'a System - Brothers Brandon & Justin Lee

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Big Island native Brandon Lee is raising organic Berkshire pigs sustainably, and his goal is to create the optimal pig for Hawaiian cooking.

To create a healthy environment, Lee uses an open pasture system and rotational grazing. After the pigs graze in a field, chickens run through and eat all the fleas and maggots that have developed in the dirt, creating a clean pasture: There’s no stench, and the pigs are free of pests. Goats are the next animals up in the rotation; they come through to eat the weeds.

Description taken from: Eater.com 

Video: http://www.eater.com/video/2017/2/6/14505112/raising-pigs-hawaii

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