CREOLA, Ohio – A limited number of seats remain in a free-range poultry workshop at Resilience’s Locust Grove Research Farm in southern Ohio May 10-12.
The three-day, hands-on course is taught by Herman Beck-Chenoweth.
Participants will learn basic and advanced methods of incubation, brooding and field operations used to produce poultry and eggs using the Modern American Free-Range System.
In addition to classroom sessions, there will be a poultry slaughter using medium-scale commercial equipment. Marketing farm products directly to restaurants and consumers will also be addressed.
Registration is $300, which includes three lunches, a dinner and snacks. Additional family members (over age 10) can attend for nominal additional fees to cover meal costs. For information call 740-596-4379 or e-mail locustgrove@ohiohills.com.
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