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Mini-pig breed’s weak neck is superpower against French vineyard weeds

A champagne producer’s organic experiment with dwarf pigs proves better than sheep or geese

Urban myth or true: Is it illegal to call a pig Napoleon in France?

The rumour is decades old, we ask an historian if it is really against the law to name a pig after the French emperor

Which French departments have more cows, pigs and sheep than people?

See maps made using data collected by France’s national statistics institute

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From extinction to France’s top jambon

Porc Noir de Bigorre is France’s top-table pork. The Connexion reports on the rare breed’s rise to ham

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“It's important to know the animal had a good life”

Jacqueline Yallop lived the French rural dream rearing pigs then wrote a book about it. The author told Jane Hanks about how her porcine passion changed the way she looked at both farming and food

'Pig-Bay' website hopes to change way you order pork

Digital start-up will allow food lovers to order their meat from individual animals

Gourmet ham saves pig breed’s bacon

A charcuterie specialist from the Ardèche has saved a race of pig from extinction and produced a gastronomic ham included on the menu in Michelin-starred restaurants.