The Heritage Crate
Ex Libris's Curated Monthly Box
Experience the rich flavor of pasture-raised, heritage-breed pork—delivered right to your door every month!
With this box, you’ll be supporting nose-to-tail regenerative agriculture that honors the whole animal and the land it’s raised on.
✔ What’s Included:
- 11–14 curated pork cuts (approx. 6–8 lbs)
- Heritage-breed, pasture-raised pork
- Fresh-frozen and shipped with care
- New selections every month
Subscribe today and bring home tradition, one box at a time.
Skip or cancel anytime.
How Does It Work?
When subscribing to this box you will receive an entire pig over the course of 12 boxes. Sent to you on a monthly basis.
Actual contents and weight may vary.
| Month | Contents |
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1 |
Pork Chop 2 lbs Pork Tenderloin 1.5 lbs |
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2 |
Pork Chop 2 lbs Bacon 2 lbs Pork Shoulder 6 lb Italian Sausage 2 lb |
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3 |
Smoked Ham 7 lbs Kielbasa 2 lbs Jowl Bacon 1 lb Ground Pork 2 lbs Bacon 2 lbs |
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4 |
Pork Chops 4 lbs Ground Pork 1 lbs Back Fat 7 lbs |
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5 |
Pork Chop 2 lbs Bacon 2 lbs Pork Shoulder 6 lb Kielbasa 2 lb |
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6 |
Pork Tenderloin 1.5 lbs |
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7 |
Pork Chop 2 lbs |
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8 |
Pork Chop 2 lbs Bacon 2 lbs Pork Shoulder 6 lb Kielbasa 2 lb |
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9 |
Smoked Ham 7 lbs Bacon 2 lbs |
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10 |
Pork Chops 4 lbs Ground Pork 1 lbs Back Fat 7 lbs Italian Sausage 2 lbs |
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11 |
Pork Chop 2 lbs Bacon 2 lbs Pork Shoulder 6 lb Breakfast Sausage 2 lb |
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12 |
Smoked Ham 7 lbs Bacon 2 lbs |
Learn More
Raised with care and tradition, our pork comes from heritage breeds known for exceptional marbling, tenderness, and flavor. Every cut is hand-selected to reflect the season, support nose-to-tail sustainability, and honor the craft of ethical butchery.
Each box features a rotating surprise selection of 4–6 premium cuts, carefully chosen to showcase the best of Ex Libris Farm’s sustainable, regenerative practices.
Expect favorites like jowl bacon, chops, sausages, roasts, and more—all raised with care, free from antibiotics, and full of flavor.
Fresh Guarantee:
Insulated packaging & cold packs keep items frozen during transit.
What makes our box so special?
Partner with our farm and rediscover the incredible taste of truly pasture-raised pork. The Ex Libris Farm subscription delivers a monthly curated share of our pork, raised right here on the regenerative pastures of New Hampshire. Our pigs live outdoors, foraging and playing a vital role in healing and enriching our soil. Each "nose-to-tail" box is a delicious adventure, offering a variety of exceptional cuts that connect you directly to a more sustainable, ethical, and flavorful way of eating.
The Ex Libris Farm Difference: Value in Every Box
Choosing our Pasture Pork Subscription is an investment in a food system that benefits the planet, the animals, and your plate.
For Sustainability & A Better Planet:
- You're Building Healthier Soil: Our pigs aren't just living on the land; they are actively regenerating it. Their natural rooting and foraging aerates the soil, builds nutrient-rich topsoil, and helps sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
- You're Supporting Ethical Animal Welfare: Our pigs live their entire lives on pasture and in woodlands with constant access to fresh air, sunshine, and the freedom to express their natural behaviors. It's a difference you can see and taste.
- You're Eliminating Food Waste: The "nose-to-tail" model is central to our values. By embracing all the cuts of the animal, we honor its life completely and ensure that nothing is wasted, creating a truly sustainable cycle.
- You're Investing in a Local Food System: Your subscription directly supports a local, small-scale farm dedicated to building a resilient and transparent food future for our community and beyond.
For Unmatched Flavor & Quality:
- A Deeper, More Complex Flavor: The pigs' varied diet of pasture grasses, roots, nuts, and bugs creates pork with a rich, nuanced flavor that simply cannot be replicated by conventional farming.
- Superior Texture & Marbling: An active, low-stress life on pasture develops meat with beautiful intramuscular fat and marbling. The result is pork that is exceptionally juicy, tender, and never bland.
- Nutrient-Dense & Healthy: Pasture-raised pork is known to have higher levels of beneficial nutrients like Omega-3 fatty acids, Vitamin D, and Vitamin E. You are getting more nutrition in every bite.
- Pure & Clean: Our pork is raised without the use of routine antibiotics, added hormones, or GMOs. It’s just pure, wholesome pork, the way God intended.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is The Heritage Crate Subscription?
The Ex Libris Farm Heritage Crate Subscription is a monthly box of our pasture-raised pork delivered right to our members. It’s a "nose-to-tail" share, meaning that over the course of your subscription, you will receive a variety of cuts from the entire animal. This is not just a box of meat; it’s a partnership with our farm, a vote for a healthier ecosystem, and a commitment to honoring the animals that nourish us.
2. How does regenerative agriculture make your pork different?
This is at the heart of everything we do. Unlike conventional pork raised in confinement, our pigs live their lives on pasture and in woodlands. They are an active part of our farm's ecosystem. Through their natural behaviors—rooting, foraging, and tilling—they help us:
- Build Healthy Soil: Their rooting aerates the ground, and their manure provides natural fertilizer, increasing soil organic matter and sequestering carbon.
-Improve Pastures: They clear underbrush and turn over soil, which encourages new, healthy forage growth.
-Enhance Flavor & Nutrition: A varied diet of grasses, roots, nuts, and bugs, supplemented with non-GMO feed, leads to pork that is more flavorful and has a healthier fat profile, including higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin D.
Our pigs aren't just on the land; they are actively working with us to regenerate it.
3. Why can't I choose the specific cuts in my box?
We use a "nose-to-tail" model for two very important reasons: respect and sustainability.
1. Respect for the Animal: To truly honor the life of the animal, we believe in utilizing every part. A pig is much more than just pork chops and bacon. This model ensures that no part goes to waste.
2. Farm Sustainability: This approach is the most economically and logistically sustainable model for a small farm like ours. It allows us to provide all our members with a fair and balanced share of the whole animal over time, rather than quickly selling out of popular cuts and being left with an imbalance of others. It’s a system built on fairness and shared value.
By joining, you’re embracing a traditional way of eating that is both adventurous and profoundly sustainable.
4. What kind of cuts can I expect? Will I get bacon every month?
Each monthly box contains approximately 10-14 lbs of pasture pork and will feature a different combination of cuts. While you won't get bacon every month (a pig only has so much!), you will receive it and other premium cuts like pork chops and tenderloin regularly throughout your subscription.
Our goal is to give you a true "share" of the pig. You'll receive familiar favorites, discover new cuts that will become staples, and learn how to use the whole animal. Each box is a culinary adventure!
5. Can you provide a sample schedule of what a few months might look like?
Absolutely! While the exact contents vary based on our butchering schedule, here is a sample to give you an idea of the variety you can expect.
- Sample Month 1: The Classics
1 lb Pasture-Raised Bacon
2 lbs Bone-in Pork Chops
1 lb Ground Pork
1 lb Sweet Italian Sausage
- Sample Month 2: Slow-Cooker's Dream
3-4 lb Pork Shoulder (Boston Butt) - Perfect for pulled pork!
1 lb Pork Spareribs
1 lb Breakfast Sausage
- Sample Month 3: Exploring New Flavors
2 lbs Ham Steaks
1 lb Garlic & Herb Sausage
1 Smoked Ham Hock - The secret to amazing soups and beans!
1 lb Pork Stew Meat
Please note: This is just an example. The actual cuts are curated each month to ensure variety and fairness across all subscription members. We will always include recipes and cooking suggestions for less common cuts!
6. What are the terms of the subscription? Can I pause or cancel?
We believe in flexibility:
- Billing: You will be billed automatically on the same day of the month that you started your subscription.
- No Commitment: You can pause, skip a month, or cancel your subscription at any time through your online account. We just ask that you make any changes before your monthly billing date.
- Delivery/Pickup: Your box will be ready for delivery immediately after you make your first purchase and roughly every 30 days after that. Boxes are also available for pickup at our farm on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
7. How do I get started?
Getting started is easy! Simply visit our website at https://exlibrisfarm.com/products/the-heritage-crate-month-1 to sign up. We can't wait to welcome you to the Ex Libris Farm family!
