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Sunday 30th September 2012, sees the staging of the first annual ‘Scottish Smallholder and Grower

Festival’ at Lawrie & Symington’s Forfar Market in Angus.

Show organiser Rosemary Champion, of the popular ‘The Accidental Smallholder’ website, felt that

there was nothing in Scotland aiming to meet the needs of crofters, smallholders, those growing

fruit and vegetables on a small scale and those simply interested in a more sustainable lifestyle.

Having visited the Welsh Smallholder show twice, Rosemary drew her inspiration from there and started planning.

2010 - A great year in the show ring for Middle Whites.

Check out our new section "Stock for Sale" to find the latest stock on the market.

Stock for sale can be advertised free of charge by any member of the MWPBC provided that the stock is at least birth notified with the BPA.  Non-members may place a wanted advert free of charge.  Non-members wishing to advertise birth notified/registered stock for sale may do so for a fee equal to the annual membership subscription (£15).  Please contact Miranda via the Contacts Us page.

The club was established in 1991 to promote the breed and to help breeders. One element of this is by encouraging breeders to display their pigs at agricultural shows - the shop window of the farming world. In recent years, the breed survey carried out by the BPA shows a population of around 335 pedigree sows and 80 stock boars, kept by about 100 breeders.

The Middle White Pig Breeders' Club is not exclusively for breeders and anyone with an interest in the breed or pigs in general is welcome to join. Within the club, the leading Middle White breeders will be delighted to offer help and advice to novices.

The club produces a regular newsletter circulated to all members which includes a host of articles which will interest and inspire everyone. In addition, the club offers rosettes at selected shows and there is a series of trophies to be competed for every year as part of the policy of encouraging keepers of Middle Whites into the showring. The club produces a range of quality giftware available to all who support the breed.
Pedigree registration is handled by the British Pig Association and it is necessary to belong to this organisation in order to register stock. The club encourages anyone who wishes to breed pure to register their stock and thus ensure the continuity of the few remaining bloodlines.

Acknowledgement.

The Middle White Pig Breeders Club is very grateful to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust for sponsoring the development of this website and also for funding the production of the Club’s Breed promotion leaflets.