I had to look at this book since it’s title was my pork tag line and I promise it did not disappoint. This book has been indispensable to raising pigs. It is covers the basics of pig keeping and has some great information, but where this book shines is its disease reparatory. If something is going on with my pigs this is the first place I run, yes even over doctor google. I wish it had color photos but even without them it is still incredibly helpful. One of the things I love is it lists pig ailments in alphabetical order. Each disease or issue is explained, then it gives contributing factors (how they can catch it or the cause), symptoms, treatments, prognosis, and prevention recurrence. The treatment section is what I have found so valuable because it lists what is allowed in organic programs, what treatments are not allowed under organic program, and cultural practices (like environmental changes). The few instances I have needed veterinary intervention or at least advice it was very helpful to know before going into their what would be the possible treatments the vet might suggest and which ones I felt were acceptable in our program. We are not organic certified on anything we raise, but we do practice holistic and organic practices. Our local vets have been trained very conventionally, so they have been taught to be very quick to inject stuff. I have found that many of them don’t understand “holistic” but they do understand financial, so if I tell them, “Hey if you inject this animal it is going to cost me “X amount of money” because I will have to pull this animal from my feeding program. Then they begin to see the motivation to consider other options. I often need to be the one that suggests certain treatments, so this book gives me a jumping off point.