Hands-on, On-Farm Pastured Poultry Processing

Join NOFA-NY and Ever Green Farm for a great opportunity to get some hands-on training in on-farm poultry processing! Joe and Joely Zerbey harvest about 400 birds per year, and they’ll walk us through their entire process. Topics covered will include appropriate equipment, sanitation procedures, minimizing stress on the birds, regulations, and step-by-step instructions of how to slaughter chickens on the farm. The cost of registration includes 1 organic chicken, which you will slaughter and take home at the end of the day. Space in this workshop is limited, so register soon!

Ever Green Farm is a diverse organic family farm run by Joe and Joely Zerbey. In addition to a variety of vegetables, fruits, and flowers, they raise 400 broilers, a small flock of turkeys, and pork. Their chickens are marketed primarily through an optional chicken share for their CSA members.

Please register for this event by visiting the NOFA-NY Shopping page or by calling Katie (Membership & Registration Coordinator) at (585)271-1979 ext 512.

Funded by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878, and support from Farm Family Insurance.