Why Eat Pork: Feeding Food Waste To Pigs

FEEDING FOOD WASTE TO PIGS COULD SAVE VAST SWATHES OF THREATENED FOREST AND SAVANNAH

Feeding food waste to pigs could save vast swathes of threatened forest and savannah.

A new study shows that if the European Union lifted the pigswill ban imposed following 2001's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, and harnessed technologies developed in East Asian countries for 'heat-treating' our food waste to safely turn it into pig feed, around 1.8 million hectares of land could be saved from being stripped for grain and soybean-based pig feed production—including over quarter of a million hectares of Brazilian forest and savannah.

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FEEDING FOOD WASTE TO PIGS

Pork is:

Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig. It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide. Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved.
Curing extends the shelf life of the pork products.
Ham, smoked pork, gammon, bacon and sausage are examples of preserved pork.
Charcuterie is the branch of cooking devoted to prepared meat products, many from pork.

Pork is the most popular meat in East and Southeast Asia, and is also very common in the Western world.
Pork is highly prized in Asian cuisines for its fat content and pleasant texture.
The religions of Judaism and Islam, as well as some Christian denominations, forbid pork consumption.