Ethical Butchering Workshop at Rare Bird Farm

Ethical Butchering with Meredith Leigh – Please Register in advance for workshops on our website.  Must Register by September 2.

Learn to butcher a hog with Meredith Leigh, author of The Ethical Meat Handbook. As we go, you will learn how people from around the world approach animal farming, slaughter, butchery, and meat preservation, not only to enrich practical cooking and eating but also as a way of reconnecting you with ancestral skills and ways of knowing. We will not only learn the cuts of meat and how to deliciously use the entire animal, but we will also explore the amazing synergies of earth, food, sun, soil, water, breed, movement, and human interaction with animals and how they affect the quality of our relationship with nature as well as the vitality of the food we eat. Meredith is a former farmer, current homesteader, writer, butcher, activist, and mother who is inspired by the power of embodied re-skilling as a ritual invitation toward healing. Participants will not leave hungry nor empty handed.