"This is a big milestone for us. You know, the reason that we exhibit heritage breeds like Ossabaw Island Hog is to show and highlight the history the Sheppard family had here at Crump Park." ...

It’s hog heaven at the Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park! The historic farm in Henrico County is home to a variety of heritage animal breeds, including the critically endangered Ossabaw Island hogs ...

It’s hog heaven at the Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park! The historic farm in Henrico County is home to a variety of heritage animal breeds, including the critically endangered Ossabaw Island hogs ...

Ossabaw Island Ossabaw Island's beach. Credit: Brian Foster/Courtesy of the Georgia Conservancy 🏝️ The state-owned barrier island was a retreat for artists and scholars in the 1960s.

Ossabaw Island Ossabaw Island is connected to the mainland by way of Pinpoint. Pinpoint was settled in 1896 by former enslaved persons from Ossabaw, Green and Skidaway islands.

Ossabaw Island Ossabaw Island is connected to the mainland by way of Pinpoint. Pinpoint was settled in 1896 by former enslaved persons from Ossabaw, Green and Skidaway islands. Today, Pinpoint is home ...

The Ossabaw Island Foundation, which manages the state-owned property near Savannah, is “over the moon” that the project has been funded, said Executive Director Elizabeth DuBose.

The origin story of the Ossabaw Island hog is one for the history books: Spanish colonists, anticipating shipwrecks, purposefully populated various deserted islands in the Americas with pigs that ...

We have to bring back the cattle breeds, the pig breeds like the Ossabaw Island hog, rare cultivars of olives and wheat, that kind of thing. By taking an interest in their flavors and their ...

Chefs Jeremiah Bacon (left) and Mark Bolchoz break down pork to serve at an event called Outstanding in the Field at Barrier Island Oyster Co. on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, on Wadmalaw Island.

In the 19th century, the swine of Pittsburgh more or less had their run of the place. Today, the hogs of Pittsburgh would not blend as seamlessly into our city life.