We take our bacon very seriously. So we start with heritage breed hogs, like the old fashioned Berkshire, Tamworth, Duroc, Landrace and Hampshire breeds, all renowned for their great flavor and well-marbled dark meat. The hogs are raised humanely by a Midwestern cooperative of small, family-run farms, where they hogs are allowed all their natural rooting and social behavior, and to freely roam on pasture, with access to shelter, grain feed and water. The hogs never receive antibiotics, hormones* or feed with animal by-products.

With pork this good, the bacon has got to be incredible. And we think it is. Using the simplest recipe, we rub salt and sugar all over the pork bellies before smoking them over natural hickory chips. Out of the smoker comes the beautiful, fat-streaked bacon which is then sliced into convenient strips.

You'll love the smoky hickory bacon for breakfast, as well as for use in your favorite recipes for other meals. Great for sandwiches, salads and vegetables, but really, use it wherever you want the unique balance of salt, sweet and smoke flavors that this bacon epitomizes.

• Heritage hogs raised humanely on small farms
• No antibiotics, no growth hormones
• No animal by-products
• Air-chilled pork (retains less water weight)
• No preservatives, nitrates or nitrites added
• Gluten free
• Naturally smoked over hickory chips

ingredients: pork prepared with: water, salt, raw sugar, natural flavorings (celery powder), lactic acid starter culture (not from milk)

*USDA regulations prohibit the use of hormones in pork.