Hog farms are about more than just ham and bacon

SAN MATEO - Hogs have been raised near cities as much for garbage disposal as for meat production. Even the early Spanish settlers kept pigs, even though pork was not really a staple of their diets. With an over abundance of beef for food, the pigs were kept mainly to clean up around the place.
calendar icon 24 March 2004
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