Jamie "Saves our Bacon"


Well done Jamie!


What a great informative program. We agree wholeheartedly with you.

Our Pork meets the highest standard in the UK and being "Outdoor Reared" together with being old breed "Cornish Blacks" you can realy TASTE the difference!

If you would like to try a "Whole Shoulder on the Bone" we can supply it.

Welcome

We would like to offer you the opportunity to buy the best and tastiest pork with effortless crackling available. We are specialist "Cornish Blacks" Rare Breed Pig Breeders at Lankelly Farm, Fowey and are passionate, love and care for them.

You may have walked down the Saint’s Way footpath alongside the Pigs Fields and seen how happy and well they look. We respect and give them as natural and good life as we can.

The farm operates to the highest standards of animal welfare and has followed good natural care of the land, free from chemicals and artificial fertiliser. Our pigs are free ranging and live all their life totally outdoors, with plenty of space to root and forage for Acorns from our Oak trees and display their natural behaviour. They have access to the stream flowing through the farm and to mud wallows and shade from the Oak trees essential in the summer to help them keep cool.

We do NOT tail dock or clip their teeth.

After an outdoor life of about 8 months (they are slow growing), we slaughter our Pigs as humanely as possible at an abattoir near to the farm to reduce stress. The meat from our Pigs has a good covering of fat but only enough to give a wonderful flavour, we take great care to see they are not overly fatty.

They are the "Best of the Best".


The Large Black

Rare Breeds Survival Trust 2009 Watchlist; Category 3, Vulnerable - 400 WorldWide

The Large Black is a docile lop-eared animal, and its skin pigmentation helps it to resist sunburn, making it ideal for outdoor living. It produces pork of high quality which finds a ready outlet in specialist markets. This admirable versatile breed is extremely docile and hardy. Their placid temperament enables them to be easily contained by a single strand electric fence. The sows are excellent mothers with exceptional milking ability.

The Large Black Pig could be found throughout the British Isles. They were mainly kept in small herds, a few of which date back to well before World War 2. The Large Black Pedigree breed originates from the Old English Hog established in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Large Black Pedigree breed was also very successful in the showring at this time: at Smithfield in 1919, the Supreme Championship was awarded to a Large Black sow that subsequently sold for 700 guineas. The same year the breed outnumbered all other breeds at the Royal Show when 121 Large Black pigs were exhibited.

Welcome to the "Cornish Blacks" site. The meat from this Rare Breed, the Cornish Large Black, is much appreciated for its succulent taste and eating qualities. If you are interested in purchasing our free-ranging, well fed & lovingly cared for pork, call +44 (0) 1726 832 880 to get Real Flavourful Pork like your Grandparents ate.

The Large Black was founded mainly on the native stock of Devon and Cornwall, and is still known as the "Cornish Black" in many parts of the world. Sows have very good maternal qualities, and the breed is noted for its fecundity. The Guinness Book of Records lists a Large Black belonging to A M Harris of Lapworth, Warwickshire, as having produced the largest number of litters (26) between 1940 and 1952.

They are distinguished by their gigantic size, they are the largest of the kind I have ever seen, and as perfect a make as possible in pigs... their heads are large, with very long ears hanging down on each side of the face, so they can scarcely see their way.
Parkinson, 1810

Help Conservation - by eating the produce of rare breeds it encourages more people to keep more of them and therefore you will be helping to save rare breeds.