Gunthorp Farms is a 3rd generation pork and poultry operation in northern Indiana with on-farm USDA-inspected processing. This tour covers the full farm from farrowing paddocks to kill floor, smokehouse, and wastewater treatment. Watch alongside the full podcast episode for the full story.

Key Topics

• Adaptive multi-paddock grazing in practice
• 50-paddock farrowing system and piglet management
• Building and running a USDA-inspected on-farm processing facility
• USDA enforcement: how small and large plants are treated differently
• Constructed wetland wastewater treatment

What You'll Learn

• How paddock size and recovery time shift by season
• What to ask when you visit a pig farm
• What it costs to build on-farm processing and where permitting breaks down
• How HACCP regulation actually gives small plants flexibility if you understand it
• Why scale changes food safety risk in ways inspection policy doesn't reflect

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Full podcast interview
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Timestamps

00:00:00 Adaptive multi-paddock grazing explained
00:03:00 Pig health, thermoregulation, and antibiotic-free management
00:05:00 What consumers should ask when visiting a pig farm
00:15:00 Energy-free waterers and farrowing paddock design
00:27:00 Kill floor overview and processing plant history
00:36:00 Permitting, wastewater, and navigating USDA regulation
00:45:00 Food safety: small vs large plant accountability
00:51:00 USDA enforcement disparities and advocacy
01:02:00 Packaging equipment walkthrough
01:13:00 Smokehouse construction and constructed wetland wastewater system