{"product_id":"real-pigs-brad-weiss-9780822361572","title":"Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork","description":"In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In \u003ci\u003eReal Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e Brad Weiss traces the desire for \"authentic\" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs through the process of breeding, raising, butchering, selling, and preparing pigs raised on pasture for consumption. Drawing on his experience working on Piedmont pig farms and at farmers' markets, Weiss explores the history, values, social relations, and practices that drive the pasture-raised pork market. He shows how pigs in the Piedmont become imbued with notions of authenticity, illuminating the ways the region's residents understand local notions of place and culture. Full of anecdotes and interviews with the market's primary figures, \u003ci\u003eReal Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that what we eat and why have implications that resonate throughout the wider social, cultural, and historical world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Weiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822361574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822361572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Brad Weiss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926540550399,"sku":"9780822361572","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_95866627-af61-408a-80a4-1cacf1d363e1.jpg?v=1681083638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/real-pigs-brad-weiss-9780822361572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}