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Protein for people, better lives for livestock

by HAILEY HILL
Staff Writer | March 15, 2025 1:08 AM

Michelle Paxton and Wade Traphagan have long been generous with the products of their farm, which sits on about 50 acres in rural Bonner County.

After the introduction of a boar named Giovanni left the couple with more pigs — and more pork — than they knew what to do with a few years ago, they began giving much of it away for free.

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