These practices are in sharp contrast to corporate farms where hogs are packed closely in tight-fitting metal cages and shot up with antibiotics and other drugs routinely. Alice Recker, the new project coordinator, has given Patchwork a major boost. The products are gaining recognition at the Columbia farmer's market and will be debuting soon at Kansas City's City Market. The project is also making valuable contacts at local supermarkets, churches in Kansas City and health food stores. Recker is confident that the project will meet all of the goals set by the producers for 1997.
Patchwork allows people to eat pork with a good conscience.