Pass on your spent grain!

[farleyman]

Didn`t that dreadful Thatcher woman allow animal feed to be processed at lower temperatures, to enable the producers to save money on energy
and at the same time knowing of the increased risk of disease?

Farleyman

[Andy]

Didn`t that dreadful Thatcher woman allow animal feed to be processed at lower temperatures, to enable the producers to save money on energy
and at the same time knowing of the increased risk of disease?

Farleyman

Probably just another "Fatcher did it" myth.

[maltymike]

Yes the lower temperatures were to do with the proccessing of meat and bone. I think it was Thatchers government. That's what let BSE in, wasn't heat treated. Meat & Bone got banned after that, pigs had to go veggie.

[pankin'pole]

The pigs are Berkshires, so a bit more slow growing than a standard commercial breed. I like to give them a varied diet, so we scrounge waste from the fruit and veg shop (NOT classified as a kitchen or food preparation area) and the spent grains over a few days.
If anyone is interested in contacting a smallholder then I'd agree that the Rivercottage forum/pigs would be a great place to start.

[J_P]

The pigs are Berkshires, so a bit more slow growing than a standard commercial breed. I like to give them a varied diet, so we scrounge waste from the fruit and veg shop (NOT classified as a kitchen or food preparation area) and the spent grains over a few days.
If anyone is interested in contacting a smallholder then I'd agree that the Rivercottage forum/pigs would be a great place to start.

Would it be worth posting over there and advertising our spent grain? We could set up some sort of cross forum exchange. I'd gladly swap a years worth of spent grain for a pound of home reared bacon or some sausages, provided we can get it past the bureaucrats that is. I'm not sure about you but my leaf mould bin is groaning under the weight of my recent efforts