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Ossabaw Island pigs are a rare, feral breed descended from Spanish pigs brought to North America in the 1500s. Isolated for centuries on Georgia’s Ossabaw Island, they developed unique traits such as small size, extreme hardiness, and the ability to store fat efficiently—a survival adaptation to feast-or-famine conditions. Today, they are prized for their richly marbled, flavorful pork.

Compact and rugged, Ossabaw pigs are well-suited for pasture-based and low-input farming systems. Their intelligent, independent nature requires attentive management, but they reward farmers with exceptional meat quality and a direct link to early American agricultural history.