Learn The Old Ways of Harvesting Your Food
Learn The Old Ways of Harvesting Your Food
Most men eat meat their entire lives without ever seeing the animal it came from.
This weekend retreat is an invitation to step into an older rhythm and learn a forgotten art.
This February we're hosting 10 men at Fairfax Farms in Dickson, TN to harvest a hog, butcher it by hand, cook meals from that animal, and return home with both meat and newfound skills.
What This Retreat Is About
- Learning how to harvest and butcher a farm-raised hog.
- Getting away from the city and out into the countryside.
- Reconnecting to land, food, and responsibility.
- Building competence with your hands.
- Sharing meals you helped create.
- Having honest conversations with good men.
Your Registration Includes
- Two nights lodging at Fairfax Farms’ lakeside house.
- Farm fresh meals prepared from pork harvested during the retreat.
- Full hands-on instruction in hog harvest and whole-animal butchery.
- Your very own boning knife kit.
- Approximately 15 pounds of pork you helped process, packaged to take home.
- A working knowledge you can carry into your own life and pass on.
The Weekend Schedule
Friday, Feb 27th
- 5-6 PM Arrival and orientation at Fairfax Farms
- Briefing for the weekend
- Jeffersonian dinner
- Campfire
Saturday, Feb 28th
- Harvest of the hog
- Hands-on butchering and primary processing
- Breakfast
- Instruction on breakdown, cuts, and safe handling
- Lunch
- Walk around the farm.
- Short talks on agriculture and Tennessee culture.
- Jeffersonian dinner
- Campfire
Sunday, Mar 1st
- Breakfast
- Final processing and packing
- Instruction on finishing and storage
- Approximately 15 pounds of pork per man to take home.
- Lunch
- 4 PM departure Sunday afternoon
Friday, Feb 27th
- 5-6 PM Arrival and orientation at Fairfax Farms
- Briefing for the weekend
- Jeffersonian dinner
- Campfire
Saturday, Feb 28th
- Harvest of the hog
- Hands-on butchering and primary processing
- Breakfast
- Instruction on breakdown, cuts, and safe handling
- Lunch
- Walk around the farm.
- Short talks on agriculture and Tennessee culture.
- Jeffersonian dinner
- Campfire
Sunday, Mar 1st
- Breakfast
- Final processing and packing
- Instruction on finishing and storage
- Approximately 15 pounds of pork per man to take home.
- Lunch
- 4 PM departure Sunday afternoon
Our Home for The Weekend:
Fairfax Farms in Dickson, TN
Gentlemen only.
(Limited to 10 attendees.)
$940 per person
Register Now Below to Secure Your Spot:
THIS EVENT IS FULL.
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