Resiliency Skill Share: On-Farm Pork Processing Workshop

Interested in learning the art of on-farm, whole-animal processing? Do you raise animals for food or purchase whole or half animals from a local farm? Do you love to cook meat and want to know more about where particular cuts come from on the animal? 

Join NOFA-VT at Drift Farmstead in Roxbury, VT from home for a live-streamed webinar to learn the ins and outs of whole animal processing including the benefits of ethically-raised pasture-based meats. Led by Mary Lake, this virtual workshop will cover the full process from a half pig to individual cuts, with the slaughter taking place the day before. Attendees will get an up-close look into the process for creating each cut. Bring your questions and expertise, a live Q&A session with Mary will follow the live-streamed on-farm processing.

Topics to be covered include:

• Equipment needed for a safe & effective breakdown
• Detailed how-tos for each specific cut of meat
• Wrapping techniques
• A few of our favorite pork recipes