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This farm raised thousands of pigs for slaughter. Now it's growing mushrooms instead

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This farm raised thousands of pigs for slaughter. Now it's growing mushrooms instead

NPR · Sep 21, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it.