Hog Butchering, with Ryan Wagner

Students will participate in a hands-on experience of butchering a hog. Friday afternoon we will discharge a live organic pig, eviscerate the animal, and prepare the hog for hanging & cooling.

The following day will be a full day of breaking the hog into primal parts, cutting individual pork chops, steaks, pork belly and hocks. The pig from the previous day will be used along with additional halved organic hogs. Participants will partner in groups of 2 per half hog for the breakdown.

Students will leave with the meat they cut and break down (~35lbs), bones for broth, and recipes for further processing.

Time permitting, there may be options for making loose Italian and breakfast sausage from scrap meat.

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Date: Friday & Saturday, November 4-5, 2022
Time: Friday - Afternoon only - 1 - 5PM
Sunday - All day, 9AM - 4:30PM
Ages: Adults only
Location: Friday - TBD; Saturday - Driftless Provisions, Viroqua, WI
Materials Fee: $140

Sliding Scale Price Guidelines (prices do not include Materials Fees)

Supporter Level Ticket: $175
If you are someone who moves through the world with relative financial ease – with enough discretionary funds to fulfill many of your wants as well as your needs, consider paying at this level, which will support both the Folk School and its instructors, along with others in the community.

Sustainer Level Ticket: $135
If you need to budget your educational and entertainment spending – perhaps you can take classes and eat out occasionally as long as you are mindful – consider paying at this level, which will help sustain the Folk School at a modest level.

Supported Level Ticket: $95
If you struggle to fund your basic needs, or carry a burden of debt or support for others in your family or community, consider paying at this level, allowing the Folk School and our contributors to fulfill our goals toward supporting and enriching our community.