📅 Date: August 16th
⏰ Time: 1 pm -3 pm
📍 Location: Feathered Acres Farm, Belgrade
💲 Cost: $150 per person
Join us for a hands-on butchery and meat education class designed to help you feel more confident preparing, purchasing, and cooking meat at home.
Knife Skills
• Learn how to safely handle and use a knife
• Understand the differences between common types of knives and when to use each one
• Learn how to use a honing steel to straighten and maintain your knife’s edge
Butchery
• Learn how to break down a whole chicken into individual cuts
• Understand where each cut comes from
• Learn the best cooking methods for different chicken cuts
• Learn how to break down a Boston butt
• Identify the different cuts and products that can be made from it
• Learn about common pork cuts and where they come from on the hog
Making Your Own Sausage
• Grind pork and make homemade ground sausage
• Learn how to make sausage links at home
• Learn how to choose and source seasonings
• Understand what nitrates are, why they are used, and how they affect processed meats
Understanding Beef and Pork Cuts
• Identify common beef and pork cuts
• Learn where each cut comes from on the animal
• Discover the best cooking methods for different cuts
• Learn common butcher terminology
Ordering Meat Directly from your local farmer
• Learn how to confidently order meat from a butcher or local farmer
• Understand how to order a whole or half hog
• Learn how beef shares work
• Learn what to ask for when ordering whole chickens or bulk meat
• Better understand cut sheets, processing options, and butcher terminology
This class will give you practical, hands-on experience while helping you understand how locally raised meat goes from the farm to your table.
Each participant will also take home some delicious local meat! (2 chickens)
📅 Date: August 16th
⏰ Time: 1 pm -3 pm
📍 Location: Feathered Acres Farm, Belgrade
💲 Cost: $150 per person
Join us for a hands-on butchery and meat education class designed to help you feel more confident preparing, purchasing, and cooking meat at home.
Knife Skills
• Learn how to safely handle and use a knife
• Understand the differences between common types of knives and when to use each one
• Learn how to use a honing steel to straighten and maintain your knife’s edge
Butchery
• Learn how to break down a whole chicken into individual cuts
• Understand where each cut comes from
• Learn the best cooking methods for different chicken cuts
• Learn how to break down a Boston butt
• Identify the different cuts and products that can be made from it
• Learn about common pork cuts and where they come from on the hog
Making Your Own Sausage
• Grind pork and make homemade ground sausage
• Learn how to make sausage links at home
• Learn how to choose and source seasonings
• Understand what nitrates are, why they are used, and how they affect processed meats
Understanding Beef and Pork Cuts
• Identify common beef and pork cuts
• Learn where each cut comes from on the animal
• Discover the best cooking methods for different cuts
• Learn common butcher terminology
Ordering Meat Directly from your local farmer
• Learn how to confidently order meat from a butcher or local farmer
• Understand how to order a whole or half hog
• Learn how beef shares work
• Learn what to ask for when ordering whole chickens or bulk meat
• Better understand cut sheets, processing options, and butcher terminology
This class will give you practical, hands-on experience while helping you understand how locally raised meat goes from the farm to your table.
Each participant will also take home some delicious local meat! (2 chickens)