Guinea Hog Books and Information

Guinea Hog Books and More!

By Cathy R. Payne | July 29, 2019August 21, 2019 by Cathy R. Payne

Please check out our extended store here! On this site you can purchase Saving the Guinea Hogs in all three formats – ebook, softcover, and hardcover, fulfilled by the printer and delivered economically to your door. Autographed books are not an option here. But wait, there’s more! I’ve assembled a collection of books that I think my readers will find interesting. Topics include livestock, regenerative agriculture, cooking, health, homesteading, fermenting, foraging, ecology, biodynamics, and more.…

Book of the Week from Acres U.S.A.

By Cathy R. Payne | June 26, 2019July 30, 2019 by Cathy R. Payne

Acres U.S.A., the Voice of Eco-Agriculture, is a publisher that produces magazines, books, and events geared to help sustainable farmers. They have an online bookstore that sells their own books plus quality farm books that are published elsewhere, like mine. I’ve been shopping with them for years. This week the marketing department at Acres U.S.A. will be focusing on my first book, Saving the Guinea Hogs. Check out this link for an author interview, an…

Saving the Guinea Hogs now available in Three Formats

By Cathy R. Payne | May 16, 2019 by Cathy R. Payne

Summary Saving the Guinea Hogs: The Recovery of an American Homestead Breed by Cathy R. Payne, is now available in E-book, softcover, and hardcover editions. I am considering adding an audio book and a large print edition at some point in the future. Leave a comment if you prefer one or both of those options. The book tells the story of the Guinea Hog — a small, black, hairy, sturdy, and gentle breed kept in…

Launch Day is Here!

By Cathy R. Payne | March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 by Cathy R. Payne

This book has been a long time coming—after over five years of interviews, pouring over archival data, recording and transcribing, intensive internet searches, seeking contact information on possible sources, and slowly but surely piecing it all together in a coherent story. The print books are still about a month away from readiness, as I work with an interior book designer and an indexer to put the finishing touches on them. The e-book is live today,…

Books coming Soon!

By Cathy R. Payne | February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 by Cathy R. Payne

An updated on the long-awaited first book exclusively devoted to the American Guinea Hog! This book is based on over five years of intensive research. It covers the history of the hogs as remembered by men who grew up in the 40s, 50s, and 60s; factors that almost led to their extinction in the 90s; the early organizations that worked to protect the breed in the 80s and 90s; the formation of the AGHA in…