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March 01, 2012

Which pig looks yummiest?

PigI bet you don't think about the individual pig responsible for that delicious bacon. A German website aims to change that. The Telegraph has this:

"German meat lovers can now buy packs of sausages with pictures of the pig that went into the sausage as part of an initiative aimed at changing the way people think of animals. Consumers can even go to a website to look at pictures of the pigs, read the latest news on each sow and then vote for the animal they want to eat. The winner gets converted into sausages and other meat products. "I think man has lost touch with his food," said Dennis Buchman, the creator of the Meine Kleine Farm My Little Farm in English initiative. "People eat a sausage like a carrot; without any thought about what goes into it." Mr Buchman selects the pigs from a free-range farm near Berlin, photographs them and then places the pictures online with descriptions of the animals ... But far from putting people off sausages by prompting feelings of affection for the animal and guilt over its demise, the idea has hit a chord with at least some consumers. Pigs "four" and "five", due to be butchered next month, are already sold out, and My Little Farm has 800 Facebook fans. Bernd Schulz, the farmer involved, gave the initiative his enthusiastic backing. "We have to face up to the fact that we descended from hunter-gathers," he said. "But we must also show respect and reverence for the animals, and think about those that die for us."

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