how to buy

Retail at the Farm, in our self-serve store, which is open with lights on 8 am to 7 pm
Retail at the Troy Waterfront Farmers’ Market every Saturday
By the quarter, half, or whole, for either spring or fall pick up

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We raise largely Tamworth//Berkshire/Old Spot crosses (some are more mutt than that!). As many as possible are born right here on the farm - sometimes we buy piglets from other small producers when our sows don’t have as many as we expect. They spend as much of the year outdoors as we can manage, housed in their movable “pig palace” which is rotated through our lush pastures. We utilize their natural rooting tendencies to control weeds and break up sod prior to planting a field to crops. In the winter, they live in our winter palace, where they still have outdoor access every day, and are given abundant hay (cut from our pastures) to eat, nest in, and frolic in (if you’ve ever seen them given a fresh load of hay, they definitely frolic). They are fed a certified organic ration from Stone House Grain in Hudson, made from grains grown in the Hudson Valley. They also receive a generous share of our "reject" vegetables, efficiently recycling our produce into pork!

bulk pork

Bring home a quarter, half, or whole hog in either the spring or fall. Customers are charged a flat per-pound price and receive the full variety of cuts, from ham and bacon through chops and sausage. You get approximately 35 lbs of meat from a quarter hog. If you were to buy one-quarter of a hog, you would take home something similar to this list:

5 lbs bacon, 1 ham roast, 1 butt roast, 1 loin roast, spare ribs, 2 ham steaks, 4 packs of pork chops, one smoked hock, and 6 lbs of sausage.

Pork is available by the piece at the farm as well as every Saturday at the Troy Waterfront Farmers' Market.

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Pork Order Form spring 2025 : check back in January

Pork is $10 per pound for half or whole hogs, $10.50 per pound for quarter hogs for Fall 2024, all processing included. You get approximately 30 pounds of meat from a quarter hog.

Please send a deposit of $50 per quarter to Laughing Earth, 3842 NY 2, Cropseyville, NY 12052 - mail, drop it off, or visit us at the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market to drop it off. Checks payable to Laughing Earth. Please note that your place will not be held until the deposit is received.

Thank you for supporting your local farm!

The pork you receive is frozen and vacuum-sealed in small packages, as you would buy it at a store.

We raise pigs to market size twice a year, with one group available in spring, and one group available in fall.

Once you fill out this form, and pay the deposit, you will be sent a Google form asking for further detail on the cuts you would like to receive.