An author greets the new year with a full freezer.
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Pigs grazing at Understory Farm. Photo by Jessie Witscher |
The year 2015, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the year of the sheep, and I did buy one — well, actually a whole lamb for the freezer. The new Chinese year, which begins on February 8, will be the year of the monkey, and well...yechhh. As I have just stowed away seventy-five pounds of succulent pork from
Understory Farm in Sudbury, Vermont, for me and my family, this year will be the year of the pig.