Pasture Raised Pork

Hickory Nut Gap Pasture Raised Pork

Our Pasture Raised Pork Collection celebrates the rich flavor and honest quality that only comes from pork raised the right way: on pasture, with care, by family farms who believe animal welfare comes first. At Hickory Nut Gap, our farmers raise hogs outdoors with room to roam, root, and live according to their natural instincts. This creates a better life for the animals and better food for you.

Pasture raised pork isn’t just more flavorful; it’s naturally richer in nutrients like omega-3s, antioxidants, and healthy fats. You’ll taste the difference in every bite: clean, deep, savory goodness with no shortcuts and nothing to hide.

All Hickory Nut Gap pork is humanely raised, never given antibiotics or added hormones, and produced with regenerative farming principles that care for the land as much as the animals.

What’s Inside the Collection

→ Sausage & Bacon Breakfast Bundle A morning game-changer. Includes pasture raised pork sausage and naturally smoked bacon for hearty breakfasts made with clean, honest ingredients.

→ Pasture Raised Pork Sausage Sampler A full lineup of our signature sausages in one box—crafted from heritage breed pork and real spices. Ideal for grilling, skillets, soups, and family meals.

→ The HNG Classics Box A freezer staple. Includes grassfed ground beef, pasture raised pork sausage, and bacon—a perfect introduction to Hickory Nut Gap meats.

From breakfast to back-porch grilling, this collection brings you real pork with real flavor, raised with integrity from farms you can trust.

Common Questions

Where does Hickory Nut Gap meat come from?

Hickory Nut Gap works with regional cattle and hog farmers to bring their 100% grassfed beef and pasture raised pork to market. We are proud of our farmer relationships and the supply chain that we've built. Hickory Nut Gap Farm is part of this supply chain, as well as animals that Hickory Nut Gap owns on leased land across North Carolina. We raise cattle, hogs, chickens, and turkeys at the farm in Fairview.

All of the farms we work with use our farming protocols.

Among other requirements, all cattle are 100% grassfed and grass finished and hogs are pasture raised. We do not allow antibiotics or added hormones in our supply chain.

Our farm partners are primarily located in NC, SC, TN, GA, VA, and KY.

What do your pigs eat throughout the year?

Our pigs are pasture raised and eat a free choice grain diet. They enjoy what they root and forage on their own in the environment in which they are raised which can include acorns and tubers.

 

Do you use MRNA Vaccines on your animals?

Short Answer: No, there are no MRNA vaccines in use or that would be applicable for our pastured operations for any species and we don't foresee their use in the future. 

Long Answer: For other routine vaccines, Hickory Nut Gap does not mandate a vaccination protocol for our grass-fed beef or pastured pork supply chain, but we (and GAP) do mandate that medical records of vaccines must be kept by the farmer. Vaccination plans are generally made with each herd's veterinarian as they can be region specific.

  • Generally, it is recommended to administer beef cattle two classes of vaccine: a respiratory illness vaccine and a clostridial (soil-born illness) vaccine. For example, on our home farm in Fairview our animals receive Calvary 9 and Covexin 8, or a suitable substitute as recommended by our veterinarian.
  • Our sows receive an annual vaccine called Farrowsure Gold to prevent against soil born and respiratory disease that cause miscarriage and still birth. Their piglets are not vaccinated as they receive immunity through the sow's milk. All of these vaccine products use a traditional killed/modified virus in non-active carrier solution.   
  • Our meat poultry do not receive any vaccines. They do receive Corid (amprolium), a coccidiostat, to prevent death by diarrhea when they are two weeks old.
  • Our layer hens are vaccinated for Marek's disease (a disease carried by wild birds) at one day old.

Is your pork non-GMO?

While we are non-GMO certified by affidavit, we do not hold a third-party certification. Our feed for pigs on our home farm includes non-GMO soybean meal and non-GMO corn. However, it's important to note that some of our growers may use herbicides for field preparation in their no-till planting methods, and occasionally apply fungicides or pesticides during storage at grain elevators.

Regarding glyphosate, we cannot guarantee that our pork is completely free of glyphosate residues. Factors such as field preparation methods, proximity to conventional farms, and shared equipment with conventional farmers may contribute to trace residues. For those seeking products completely free of glyphosate, we recommend considering certified organic producers, who have stringent protocols in place to minimize such exposures.