One of the closeby counties does something similiar with poultry. The kids sign up to get chicks and they get them, from 5 to 25, and they have to raise them, keep 4-H records, show them at the fair and then donate a percentage back to be sold to fund the next batch of chicks for the next year. They had about 15 kids do it this year. The remainder of the poultry belong to the kids that raised them. They can sell them, or alot of them keep them for an egg flock and can sell the eggs and have eggs for the family. So many of the families in this area don't have the space for a calf so this gets the kids a start. Some do it one time and don't like the chickens, some kids go from there to goats or sheep or more. Never heard of the pig deal, pretty neat.