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  • Organic Half Hog Cut Instructions

  • The Form

    Here's the low-down: there are limitless ways to cut pigs and endless varieties of sausage and pork products. If we offered all of it to all of our customers, this form would take you hours to fill out. Since we don't want to overwhelm our customers (and butchers), we try to keep things fairly simple and straightforward. This form will take you through a pig from snout to tail, giving you the various options that we offer for each cut. If there's anything we you'd like to request that you don't see on the form there will be an opportunity to do so at the end of the form. Keep in mind that we do have to get each product approved and certified to be organic, so special requests that we accommodate may or may not be 'certified' organic.
  • The Process

    We have a set of cutting standards we follow unless you give us specific instructions to do otherwise. Pork chops will be cut 1 inch thick and packaged 2 per package. Roasts will be cut 3-4 lbs (with the exception of hams). For any cut you choose to 'grind,' it will be made into a pork sausage product, which varieties you will be given an opportunity to choose from at the end of the form. Sausage, brats, and bacon will be packed into 1 lb packages. All products will be vacuum sealed. If you're unsure what to choose our butcher's suggestion will have an asterisk* next to it. Let's get started!
  • Pork Shoulder

    The pork shoulder contains the picnic (lower shoulder) and the boston butt (upper shoulder). Both cuts are great pork roasts smoked or in the crockpot, or excellent when made into sausage. A boston butt roast can also be cut into pork steaks.
  • Pork Loin

    The pork loin contains the majority of the individual cuts you will receive from a whole hog and there are a multitude of options for having one cut.  Note that you can only choose pork tenderloin and babyback ribs if you choose a boneless option.
  • Belly and Spare Ribs

    The pork belly is where bacon comes from! Our's is hand rubbed, nitrate free, and smoked with real hickory wood. If you'd rather have fresh, unsalted, unsmoked pork belly we can also do that. Spare ribs are the lower portion of the ribcage and are larger than baby back ribs.
  • Ham

    The ham is the rear leg of the hog and contains the bulk of the lean meat on the animal.  It also contains the hock.  Hams can be smoked or packaged as fresh roasts without smoking. All of our organic hams are made nitrate free and boneless. Hams are typically cut into roasts along with several steaks. If you choose to grind your ham you can expect 20-25 additional pounds of sausage.
  • Sausage

    We offer a nice selection of organic ground products in both bulk and brat forms. A typical standard cut half hog will have around 15 lbs of sausage. Due to batch size requirements you can only choose one option.
  • Organs, Fat, and Bones

    Looking for the odds and ends? Look no further. We can give you your pig's bones, fat, and organs for no extra charge. Just specify below whether you want us to keep these items. External fat is fat trimmed off of things like chops and roasts, and leaf fat is internal fat that surrounds the pig's organs. Leaf fat is great when rendered into lard.
  • Special Requests

    If you'd like to ask for any specific requests such as different packaging styles, chop thickness, or roast sizes, please specify below.
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