Working Not So High On The Hog

I’ve never had to shower before a shoot, or elect to take one after, but my recent visit to a hog farm in northern Indiana was full of firsts. I was also asked to wear the farms clothes, shoes thankfully a Tyvek jumpsuit. All of which kept me clean and my car ride home pleasant… as you might imagine from the pics.

Insight: U.S. barnyards help China super-size food production
By P.J. Huffstutter and Niu Shuping

ALBION, Indiana/BEIJING | Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:41am EDT

(Reuters) – Inside a dimly lit barn in northeast Indiana, where the air smells faintly of corn and earth, the future of China’s food supply is squealing for attention.

A farmhand shuffles through the crowd of pigs inside pen 7E3, patting their fleshy pink backs and checking their water trough. The animals here at the Whiteshire Hamroc farm have been bred for one purpose: to be flown halfway around the world, on a journey fueled by China’s appetite for food independence

In a country where pork is a culinary staple, the demand for a protein-rich diet is growing faster than Chinese farmers can keep up. While Americans cut back on meat consumption to the lowest levels seen in two decades, the Chinese now eat nearly 10 percent more meat than they did five years ago… Read More

Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Sows feed at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
A unit of Whiteshire Hamroc farms can be seen in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
A hog is quarantined in Dundee, Illinois on March 20, 2012 prior to being flown to China. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Three-and-a-half month old hogs, many of which are bound for China, are seen at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Three-and-a-half month old hogs are seen at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Keith Haarer, a breeding unit manager at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, moves newborn piglet so she can suckle on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Newborn piglets suckle at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Sows feed at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)
Indiana and Chicago documentary photographer John Gress
Sows feed at Whiteshire Hamroc farm in Albion, Indiana, on March 16, 2012. The farm specializes in raising breeding swine for other agribusiness operations. Such breeding pigs have become a hot commodity in China, where the country is scrambling to ramp up its domestic livestock industry and keep up with demand for a meat-rich diet. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

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