Lard - the new olive oil

I stumbled across this interesting piece of info on lard, it's an old post but very relevant, big thumbs up I reckon.

http://blogs.sharemynz.co.nz/gordon/the+big+fat+lie/lard+-+the+new+olive+oil?id=25484

Last week I asked my local butcher to save me up the pork fat so I can render it as lard :)