I love this New York Times article about a man trying to breed the most amazing pig (read pork and BACON) that will rival all other pigs bred here in the U.S.
An Iowa Farmer’s Quest for No Ordinary Pig (New York Times)
IONIA, Iowa — There once was a young boy who built motorcycles with his father, raised pigs for Iowa county fairs and eventually fell in love with computers when his fingers first tapped on a Teletype portal in middle school. He would write programs to help with eighth-grade algebra and use ASCII code to create images resembling Playboy centerfolds.