This workshop is only being offered for private events locally or via Zoom. If you'd like to schedule a group lesson, please contact us. 

What will I learn in the Workshop?

The objective of this course is to introduce attendees to the process of small-scale, ethical meat production for your personal homestead or backyard. The goal is to educate individuals on the importance of the ethical treatment of animals while still providing families with a healthy, sustainable, local source of meat. Even if you do not have much acreage, you will be surprised how much meat can be produced on a typical grass filled backyard. 

While several livestock options will be discussed, the main focus will be on chicken and meat rabbits. Attendees can expect to learn:

• Different options for livestock 
• Equipment needed
• Pros and cons 
• Care and management 
• Tools of the trade
• Processing and butchering
• Food storage 
• Pasture management for chickens and rabbits
• Breeding schedules for rabbits
• Maintaining rabbit breeding stock
• Rabbit manure garden fertilizer

Attendees will receive documents including some of our favorite recipes.