Experience:

• The sights, sounds, and smell of pigs.

See:

• Pig behaviour
• Pregnant sows
• Piglets
• Perhaps a live birth
• How pigs are cared for
• What pigs eat
• How pigs are housed
• What is done with manure that pigs produce

Learn about:

• The different pig breeds
• Which breeds are used for producing pork in Canada
• How pork fits within the Canada Food Guide for Healthy Eating
• Pig trivia
• Manure:
  • How farmers became the original recyclers
  • How manure is managed today
  • How manure may have alternative uses in the future

Find facts about pigs:

• Hogs are a source of nearly 40 drugs and pharmaceuticals
• Pork is the world’s most widely eaten meat
• The pig is rated as the fourth most intelligent animal
• Swine research led to development of the CAT scan
• Pigs don’t sweat