Want to connect with where your food comes from? Want to gain the skills to process your own poultry?
Join City Farm SLO for a hands-on workshop covering the humane, safe, and efficient processing of meat chickens. Participants will learn the process from live harvest through scalding, plucking, evisceration, chilling, and packaging, while gaining practical knowledge about food safety, sanitation, equipment, and animal welfare, and humane handling.
Choose from:
Half-Day Workshop — $65
8 AM - 1 PM(ish)
Perfect for home cooks, homesteaders, and anyone interested in sourcing their own meat and becoming more connected to their food. Get hands-on experience with the essential steps of poultry processing and leave with a better understanding of what it takes to bring a chicken from farm to freezer. You will take home the animal that you process.
Full-Day Workshop — $65
8 AM - 4 PM(ish)
Designed especially for beginning farmers, homesteaders, agriculture students, and small-scale producers. Stay for an extended session to practice the workflow of efficient processing systems. Limited Space Available
Every registration includes a whole City Farm chicken to take home—a $40+ value.
No prior poultry processing experience is required. We will provide light snacks and break for lunch. Please pack a lunch and drinking water. Wear closed toed shoes, sun protection, and comfortable, layered clothing that can get dirty. This event is recommended for attendees who are 18+. Anyone under 18 must register with a parent or guardian.
Questions? Reach out to us at info@cityfarmslo.org or (805)769-8344.