The Rural Voice, 1990-10, Page 25fore the animals can be slaughtered, he
says, and keeping the purity of the
bloodlines is important because cross-
breeding affects meat quality.
"Establishing a market was an
uphill climb at the beginning," he
says, noting that he and Erika lived
off savings while they approached
restaurants and hotels. Many of his
customers came to him by word of
mouth. Now the Peipps have a bigger
market than they can supply.
"A market will grow up with you,"
says Peipp. "If you have the quality,
they will come to you."
One man who bought wild boar
stock from the Peipps asked if they
would help him with marketing when
the time came. Days later, he phoned
to say it wouldn't be necessary. A
market was already presenting itself.
Today, there are eight other
farmers in Ontario raising purebred
wild boar. Farmers in Quebec and
New Brunswick are waiting for stock.
The eight Ontario farmers have estab-
lished a Wild Boar Association. "We
learn from each other, work together,"
Peipp says. "We pass along good and
bad experiences."
"People say to me: Hans, you are
creating your own competition. But
that is not a worry." Peipp estimates
that 35 farms the size of his operation
would still not be able to fill the mar-
ket demand for wild boar in Canada
alone.
Peipp has offered to give seminars
through the Ontario Ministry of Agri-
culture and Food for those interested
in starting up in the business, but
nothing has come of it. He says the
time is not right yet, but it is coming.
More and more people, he says, are
becoming interested in owning wild
boar as a commercial enterprise, not
simply as a hobby.
Government agriculture depart-
ments, Peipp adds, get involved with
producing wild boar meat and promote
the product world-wide. He says the
quality of Canadian meat is superb
and so are the growing conditions.
"Canada could become what New
Zealand is today in spring lamb."0
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