The Holistic Goat Butchering Workshop will be an intimate and in-depth offering for people seeking to learn and participate in the process of humanely harvesting and butchering 4 goats. Whether you are a hunter, farmer, rancher, homesteader or just those who want a relationship to the meat that you eat, we invite you to reclaim the tradition of home butchery: building skills while creating celebration around harvesting local meat from the land.
Experience an extraordinary exploration of food and place, fostering self-reliance and community resilience. Led by Ivan Thrane, a Montana rancher with over 15 years of rotational grazing, raising thousands of goats, butchering, and cooking goat meat deliciously. Inspired and supported by Chef Eduardo Garcia, participants will take part in the journey from the field, through the cooking and to the table. It will be challenging, visceral, reverential, stimulating, life-affirming, heart-warming, belly-filling, delicious.
The process will begin in the morning by learning about goats, the positive role they can play in promoting the health and resilience of the land. We will experience, hands-on, the specifics of butchering and utilizing the whole animal with minimal waste. Participants will explore the different ways to cook meat over fire and in the ground. We will prepare meat for al pastor, rotisserie, asado, and the celebratory act of making and cooking in a barbacoa pit. Meals will be created during the day and feature regionally inspired and sourced ingredients. You will gain an understanding of an animal in context as a part of a healthy ecosystem, learning about the incredible complexity of the body and appreciate all the resources that one animal has to offer. This is an immersive, hands-on opportunity on our home ranch offered to empower, inspire and equip you with skills to take home.
Join us for a full day, beginning Friday June 13th at 9am, until the stars come out, and stay for the weekend of festivities. Your ticket includes an invitation to join us for both Saturday and Sunday of our Spring Greenup Celebration. Attendees will gain new skills, create lasting memories, and receive a take-home gift bundle.
Contact healthymeadows@gmail.com to register