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Jun 2019
57m 11s

“The Pig Farmer” - Robert "Willie" Pickt...

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This Canadian grew up on a pig farm in the 1970s, so slaughtering livestock became second nature. His pig meat was the most sought-after in the county... until the meat started arriving dark, blackened and stringy. 

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