November 7th-9th 2025

Join Hand Hewn Farm at Shirefolk Farm for this 3-day Whole-Hog workshop. Starting with a live hog and ending with prosciutto and everything in between. This workshop is built to offer students the full spectrum of the pig, from raising pigs to on-farm slaughter and butchering and into the world of starting to cure meats at home.

Day One Nov 7th

• Meet and Greet
• Poem reading and toast to the pig
• Humane dispatch and blood collection
• Scald and scraping
• Viscera removal
• Organ prep
• Casing cleaning
• Blood Sausage making
• Head inspection and prep

Day Two Nov 8th

• Basic knife handling and sharpening
• Carcass inspection
• Leaf Lard removal and rendering
• Hands-on butchering
• Cooking Pork discussion
• Liver sausage
• Making pork stock and its uses
• Packaging meat for the freezer

Day Three Nov 9th

• The basics of curing meat
• How to use curing salts and if you need to
• Bacon cure formulations
• Dry curing hams
• Cold smoking bacon
• Epic Charcuterie Lunch