Join us for a multi-day animal processing workshop with Johnny O’Mara at Sage Acres in Nevada City, CA. Participate in an animal harvest; learn how to butcher and use every part of the animal. This workshop is for farm and ranch workers and other individuals interested in strengthening their relationship with the food they eat.

Johnny O'Mara is a goatherd and land steward based in Mendocino County, California. Johnny has been working at the intersections of food sovereignty, targeted grazing, rangeland stewardship, animal processing, hide tanning, and pastoralism. Johnny tends a small flock of dairy goats (about 30 strong) and has been teaching animal harvesting classes for 7 years. Johnny is passionate about using the entire animal, studying cultural uses of ruminants across the globe, and creating access to knowledge that empowers food sovereignty. Johnny believes that skills are tools and perspectives on life that cannot be unlearned, and to take one of his classes is to embark on the responsibility of knowledge.

When: October 9, 10, 11

Where: Sage Acres in Nevada City

Cost: Sliding scale, pay what you can $75 - $200

How to Register: Contact Johnny O’Mara at johnrobertomara@gmail.com or DM him through his instagram account @saint_johns_wort

Schedule:

Friday: Evening orientation

Saturday: Sheep harvest and organ processing

Sunday: Butchering all other cuts of meat