Adopt-a-pig was started in 2000 by Yorkshire Meats, a small and independent meat company. We still rear our own Oxford Sandy & Black pigs are are currently one of the largest breeders in the North of England.

The Adopt-a-pig scheme was set up with the aim to promote the breed and raise awareness of the importance of food provenance. Since being featured in the national and international press it has taken off, and there are currently people adopting our pigs from all over the UK.

Yorkshire Meats and the adopt-a-pig scheme was run by Duncan Turnbull (below). Duncan graduated in 2010 in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Brasenose College, Oxford. Yorkshire Meats and the adopt-a-pig scheme is now run by James and Lucy Haxton contactable by email here.