Women-led animal processing workshop.

Here at the Meatriarchy we spend a lot of time wondering about our relationship to animals, food, life, and the art of killing. We believe that it is not enough to kill "efficiently" and "process" the animal well. Instead, we explore how we can weave our lives to the mysteries of generosity, reciprocity, relationality, and humility. We attempt to be a student of our gratitude, our joys, our indebtedness, and our griefs.

We will work to harvest these animals with grace, compassion, sorrow, and love. To give thanks for their lives and the lives of their ancestors. To respect the enormous gifts they give by learning how to tend to them in fullness and in beauty. And to learn how to nourish and sustain the health of their families.

This is a workshop for those yearning for a more magickal, spirited, mysterious, and mycelial approach to animal slaughter. If you consider prayer and song "woo", this class is not for you.

The class will teach the basics of how to slaughter and employ every part of the animal (meat, blood, organs, fat, eyeballs, bones, hide, etc).

You will learn how to kill, cut, wrap, cure, smoke, grind, and preserve as much of your harvest as possible, with a heavy focus on off grid techniques. We will discuss many non-food uses of animal parts as well. You will leave the class feeling confident in slaughtering and processing your own animals.

Class includes:

• Three days of hands-on instruction with Harmony Cronin

• Every day a ranch-to-table lunch and dinner will be cooked up for the class using animals we’ve killed, fresh organic vegetables from our garden, and other organic staples

• A canvas tent with wood stove will be provided for communal sleeping

• Tasty samples to take home as well

What to Bring:

• A sharp knife - Morakniv has inexpensive quality knives; if you are bringing a used knife, make sure it’s sharp!

• Be prepared for colder weather i.e. sleeping bag, extra layers, hats. We will provide wood for heating

Sliding Scale $800-$1300 Per Student

DISCOUNTED WORKTRADE SPOTS AVAILABLE!

Reserve a spot by emailing us at gatheringwaysschool@gmail.com