University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free online workshop about raising pigs for small-scale use from noon to 2 p.m June 16.

Topics will include appropriate housing, health and nutrition; swine breeds, and expected meat yields. UMaine Extension professor Donna Coffin and Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight will lead the workshop.

The workshop is free; registration is required online. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Donna Coffin, 207-942-7396; donna.coffin@maine.edu

More information also is available on the program webp