About

Ruger Family Farm is a family-owned farm in Fenton, Iowa producing pasture-raised pork, locally raised pork, and heritage pork for customers in Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota.
Pasture allows pigs to express instinctive behaviors such as rooting and grazing, social interaction, and wallowing to regulate body temperature.  Pasture promotes stronger muscles and bones, better joint health, and reduces lameness.  The outdoors build stronger immune systems resulting from sunlight for vitamin D and improved gut health from forage and soil microbes.  Pasture adds nutritional diversity through forage fiber, minerals and phytonutrients.  At the risk of getting too wordy I must add outdoor air quality benefits pigs through reduced respiratory issues and disease.  All of this translates into better meat flavor, improve fat quality and reduced stress leading to improved tenderness.