British Pig Association

The Pig Pen: Tales from the Trough

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Pull up a bale and settle in. The Pig Pen is an interview-based podcast celebrating the people who keep British pig farming alive - the breeders, smallholders, show champions, and enthusiasts who have made pigs their life's work. Each episode, we sit down with a member of the BPA for an honest, unhurried conversation about how they got started, what they've learned, and what keeps them going. Let us keep you company for a while and share with you familiar stories of care and determination. Come, join us in the pig pen. New episodes every month. Produced by the British Pig Association.

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British Pig Association

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From Rabbits to Rallies: Stewart Houston on Pigs, Politics, and Prostate Health 31.03.2026 26:49

"We put out a hundred seats and over 500 turned up — there were pig farmers outside with their heads up through the windows to listen." In our very first episode, we sit down with Stewart Houston to hear how a childhood interest in keeping rabbits turned into a lifelong passion for pigs. Stuart talks us through how a childhood obsession with rabbits led to a life at the heart of British pig farmin...