Raising Happy Pigs - Better Bacon and Pork - Yezzi Farm

The Tastiest Bacon You'll Ever Eat

By Celia Barbour
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the August 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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You won't find more blissful pigs than the heirloom breeds roaming around Jen Small and Mike Yezzi's 150-acre farm in upstate New York. You won't find better bacon, either. And yes, there's a connection.

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