HOMESTEADING SERIES JANUARY-APRIL 2016 (dates below) at 6:00-7:30pm
@ CCE-Tioga, Ronald E Dougherty Building, 56 Main Street, Owego, NY 13827 Learn how to raise more of your own food in this 11-week class series offered in Owego by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County. From January through April, classes will cover how to raise all sorts of livestock: chickens, rabbits, goats, sheep, beef cattle and pigs. Instructors will discuss how to sell your meat and how to buy meat from local producers and will cover the best ways to store your meat and vegetable harvest. There will be something for everyone, and all presentations are given by experts. DATES & TOPICS: * Wednesday, January 13 - Raising Laying Chickens for Eggs ($5) * Wednesday, January 27 - Raising Meat Birds (chickens and turkeys) ($5) * Tuesday, February 2--Raising Pigs ($5) * Thursday, February 11 - Raising Sheep for Fiber and Meat ($5) * Thursday, February 18-- Raising Goats ($5) * Thursday, March 3 - Raising Meat Rabbits ($5) * Tuesday, March 8 - Marketing and Selling Your Livestock - FREE! * Wednesday, March 16 - Vermicomposting ($5) * Wednesday, March 30 - Raising Beef Cattle ($5) * Tuesday, April 5 - Buying Local Meat - FREE! * Wednesday, April 13-- Ways to Store your Food ($5) Take one or more - classes are open to all and will run from 6:00-7:30pm at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County, 56 Main Street, Owego, NY 13827. Cost: $5/class (except for 3/8 & 4/5 which are FREE!) Please register by calling (607) 687-4020 or email Barb Neal at [email protected]. For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
