Integrating pig farming with ecosystem restoration creates opportunities for welfare improvement through outdoor access and natural behaviour expression.
Outdoor pig systems that integrate with ecosystem restoration provide welfare benefits through natural behaviour expression alongside environmental benefits through soil disturbance and biodiversity support. When pigs can root in woodland, wallow in mud, and range over varied terrain, they express natural behaviours that indoor systems cannot provide. This alignment between welfare and ecological benefit creates the strongest possible case for investment in outdoor and woodland pig systems.