PALEOTECHNICS

WORKSHOPS,
PRESENTATIONS
&
Hands-on Activities

with Tamara Wilder

2013

Workshops are held at a variety of locations
and organized by the site host, so please use the contact information listed after each class description
to get more logistical information or register.

If you wish to speak directly with the instructor about
workshop content or other topic related questions,
please email Tamara at ts@paleotechnics.com

keep up to date with us on
FACEBOOK
where class and event updates
are added more frequently

TOPIC OVERVIEW GUIDE
Workshops, Demonstrations
& Hands-On Activities

click on topic/location for details on current programs:
ANIMALS

BRAINTANNING BUCKSKIN
see tanning description

BRAINTANNING
FURS
see furs description

no workshops currently scheduled

RAWHIDE

  • no classes scheduled

USES OF THE DEER
see deer uses description

  • no workshops currently scheduled

ANIMAL PROCESSING
see processing description

MINERALS

EARTH PIGMENTS & NATURAL BINDERS
see pigments description

  • no workshops currently scheduled
PLANTS

CORDAGE (Stringmaking)
& NETMAKING
see cordage description

HANDDRILL FRICTION FIREMAKING
see firemaking description

WILD FOODS & PLANTS
see plants description

KIDS PROGRAMS

MULTI-TOPIC PROGRAMS
FOR KIDS
(open to the public)
see kids overview info

BEADMAKING
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
open to the public
at local events

see school program info
for full description
of this beadmaking activity

ADULT OVERVIEW PROGRAMS

ADULT
WORKSHOPS

catalog
downloads/
articles
fairs & demos
skills
gatherings
about us

This list is long so you can either scroll through this page to browse all the workshops scheduled or use the
Topic Overview Guide or
Workshop Calendar Guide
to go directly to what you are looking for.

Workshop, Demo
& Activity Guide

click on title for details:
click here for
full event calendar which includes beadmaking activities & demos
2013
February 3
DOGBANE STEWARDSHIP OUTING
Santa Rosa, CA
MARCH 16:
INTRO TO PALEOTECHNOLOGY
Day Workshop
Pt Reyes (Kule Loklo), CA
MARCH 23-24 See Jan 2014 date
"WHOLE ANIMAL"
PIG PROCESSING WORKSHOP

Petaluma, CA (CANCELLED)
MARCH 26:
HUNTER GATHERER SKILLS
Family Program
Redway, CA
APRIL 6-7
"Rabbits & Chickens"
SMALL ANIMAL PROCESSING

Petaluma, CA
APRIL 22
USING THE WHOLE ANIMAL:
Evening Slideshow Presentation

Berkeley, CA
APRIL 28 - MAY 4:
BUCKEYE GATHERING
Forestville, CA
JUNE 8:
INTRO TO PALEOTECHNOLOGY
Day Workshop
Hopland, CA
JUNE OR AUGUST
(date to be determined):
KIDS "PALEO CAMP" DAY CAMP
Boonville OR Sonoma County, CA
JULY 25: (Part of Week, July 22-26)
COYOTE CAMP PROGRAM
Occidental, CA
JULY 26-28:
NOT-SO-SIMPLE LIVING FAIR
Boonville, CA
AUGUST 3-4:
BRAINTANNING WORKSHOP
Sierraville, CA
AUGUST 17-18:
TIE YOUR WORLD TOGETHER:
Make String, Nets & Rope Using Plant and Animal Fibers

Mendocino, CA
AUG 30-SEPT 2:
NCWHS -
N. CA Women's Herbal Symposium

Laytonville, CA
SEPT 5-8:
BREITENBUSH HERBAL CONFERENCE
near Salem, OR
OCTOBER 26-27:
TECHNOLOGY OF INDEPENDENCE Weekend Workshop
Forestville, CA
2014
JANUARY (date TBA)
"WHOLE ANIMAL"
PIG PROCESSING WORKSHOP

Petaluma, CA

Current
Paleotechnics
Class Schedule
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February 3, 2013

Dogbane Preserve Cordage,
Harvesting and Stewardship Outing

SUNDAY,
February 3, 2013

Santa Rosa, CA

Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and
Open Space District & LandPaths Series

Join the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and LandPaths at the Dogbane Preserve in Santa Rosa.
We will be harvesting the dried dogbane stalks for making cordage and stewarding the property to encourage healthy growth of this important plant.

We will begin our time with a demonstration & mini workshop with Tamara Wilder on how to make string from the Dogbane plant and learn why this cultural resource is being protected by the Open Space District. We will then as a group harvest some stalks and help the dogbane plant spread and thrive by clearing away the blackberries encroaching on this stand.
Do let us know if you can join us this afternoon. Your interest and care of the site is vital to its continued health. If you can’t join us on this day we will be hosting another time to focus on stewardship in March before the dogbane starts emerging in the Spring.

WHERE: In Northern Santa Rosa; RSVP to request space(s)
and for more details, including exact meeting location.

Space is limited and there is no cost for this outing.

To register for this event and receive more details go to the Landpaths website.
Here's the new link that should work:
http://www.landpaths.org/eventdetails.aspx?EventId=13346

We hope you can join us!



March 16, 2013

INTRO PALEOTECHNOLOGY
Day Workshop
with Tamara Wilder

March 16, 2013 (Saturday)

Pt Reyes Nat'l Seashore (Kule Loklo), CA

Join us as we explore hunter gatherer skills used by humans all around the world. Being aware and comfortable with fundamental human skills such as making fire and string provides a deep appreciation for true sustainability.

You'll learn basic and essential living skills through a number of hands on activities. In the class we'll: make fire with handdrill and bowdrill fire kits; process dogbane fiber and make string; practice hunting tools, including throwing rabbit sticks and spearthrowers and shooting bow and arrows; play the hoop and pole game; learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through beadmaking, shaping and polishing stones and grinding pine nuts. A

Info: http://www.marin.edu/CommunityEducation/CAIndianStudiesCertProgram.html or
www.MAPOM.org

The California Native Studies Certificate Program was developed by the College of Marin in collaboration with the Miwok Archeological Preservation of Marin (MAPOM) to promote awareness and understanding of the culture and history of the California Native Peoples and particularly the Coast Miwok, as well as to preserve knowledge of native skills and paleo technology.

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You are welcome to enroll in just one or any number of the classes. If you wish to obtain a Certificate of Completion, please see Certificate Requirements below. The program starts with a big kickoff at the Kule Loklo Big Time festival on July 21, 2012, and continues through Big Time on July 20, 2013, where the first Certificate of Completion Award Ceremony is expected to take place.

With the exception of the required class, Overview of California Indian Culture and History, which will be offered twice, each class will be offered once during the academic year 2012-2013. Classes will be listed in the Community Education class schedules which come out four times a year on the same dates as the registration dates listed below.

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The entire program class schedule can also be found on the MAPOM website http://www.mapom.org/skillsclasses.html



March 23-24, 2013

(Sorry but we've had to cancel this workshop.
It will be offered again in January of 2014)

"Whole Animal"
PIG PROCESSING WORKSHOP
with Tamara Wilder

March 23-24, 2013

CANCELLED (Will be offered again in
January of 2014)



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MARCH 26, 2013

Bureau of Land Management & Lost Coast Interpretive Association
2013 FREE Public Winter Lecture Series

Hunter-Gatherer Skills Workshop
with Tamara Wilder
March 26th,
7pm

Healy Senior Center 456 Briceland Road
in Redway, CA

Join us as we explore universal hunter gatherer skills and learn basic & essential living skills through hands-on activities.

  • Learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through bead making.
  • Make fire by friction.
  • Process dogbane fiber & make string.

To sign up or for more information,
please call the BLM King Range Project Office
at 707-986-5400
or email ca338@blm.gov. www.blm.gov/ca/arcata/kingrange

$ FREE $

click here to download a pdf of the flyer

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APRIL 6-7, 2013

"Rabbits & Chickens"
SMALL ANIMAL PROCESSING

Day or Weekend Workshop
with Tamara Wilder

Attend the whole weekend or choose a single day of your choice.
(Saturday is Rabbits & Sunday is Chickens)

APRIL 6-7, 2013(Saturday - Sunday)
9am - 5pm daily
w/ optional Saturday eve activity 5-7pm

east of Petaluma, CA

Many people who eat meat feel that they are out of touch with the sources and processes behind the food that ends up on their plate.

The knowledge required to efficiently and humanely process an animal into food is an essential tool for self sufficiency and a core life skill that was likely intuitive, even to the majority of our recent ancestors.
It is only in the past few generations that
this most requisite skill has become mysterious.

Beyond being a source of sustenance, animals also provide
many other materials that we as humans find useful.
By using as much as possible of an animal that we have harvested,
we are honoring their life and all that they have created.

SATURDAY - "Rabbits" (9am-5pm)

  • Each pair of participants will process a rabbit (includes slaughtering, gutting, skinning & cutting up the carcass). Meat from animals will then be taken home by the participants.
  • The afternoon will consist of the group cooking a late lunch using the edible innards from the animals that were slaughtered along with preparing 3 different rabbit meat dishes.
  • Other topics that will be covered include rabbit glue, broth making, roasting, braising & brining.
  • (This class does NOT include fur tanning, which is a separate weekend workshop).

OPTIONAL SATURDAY EVENING - "Rabbit Fur Ropes" (5-7pm)

  • If so desired, participants who wish to either camp or stay late are welcome to further process the rabbit furs into a rabbit rope.

SUNDAY - "Chickens" (9am-5pm)

  • Each pair of participants will process a chicken (includes slaughtering, plucking, gutting & cutting up the carcass). Meat from animals will then be taken home by the participants.
  • The afternoon will consist of the group cooking a late lunch using the edible innards from the animals that were slaughtered along with preparing 3 different chicken meat dishes.
  • Other topics that will be covered include chicken feet processing, broth making, roasting, braising & brining.

PRICES:
Weekend Price: $220-$275 sliding scale total
(includes seminar, late lunch & half of two animals to take home)

One Day: $120-$150 sliding scale total
(includes seminar, late lunch & half of animal to take home)

Registration & ?'s:
Brandon 707-529-8365 email brandon.bredo@gmail.com

To reserve your space in the workshop,
please fill out the downloadable registration form
and send with a 50% deposit.
Thanks.



April 22, 2013
6:30-8:00 pm

"Using the Whole Animal"
EVENING SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION
with Tamara Wilder

APRIL 22, 2013

6:30 - 8:00 pm
bring a picnic dinner

Three Stone Hearth Kitchen in Berkeley, CA
1581 University Ave

Humans have long been skilled at the art of whole animal processing. It is only in the past few generations that this knowledge has fallen away.

How can we all learn to honor animals by using all their parts?

Tamara Wilder of Paleotechnics will introduce us to the possibilities with a slideshow from her workshops on animal processing where everything is done by hand and utilizes the entire animal as food and for other utilitarian uses. She will cover strategies for processing innards and muscle meat as food, and offers a brief overview of uses for skin, sinew, bone & hooves. An assortment of items made from these parts will also be on hand to touch and handle.

COST: $18

Registration & ?'s:
Online: “Classes, Tours & Outreach” Menu https://store.threestonehearth.com/menus/274

In person at 1581 University Ave, Berkeley:
On Wednesday 5–7pm or Thursday 10am–4pm, with one of our store cashiers.

click here to download the flyer



April 29 -May 5, 2013

(This event is SOLD OUT!)

In preparing for offering a second gathering next year, we would like to know if you would have gone this year if there was space.

Please go to the website and get on the waiting list.

Two names will be drawn from that list on April 18th and those people will have the opportunity to purchase one registration each.

Didn't register in time for the Buckeye this year?
Check out one of these other west coast gatherings for a comparable experience:

BUCKEYE GATHERING
Ancestral Arts & Ancient Living Skills

April 28 - May 4, 2013

YaKaAma,
in Forestville, CA

Choose from a wide range of workshops
taught by a variety of instructors each day, share food, and enjoy the fire together at night.

Paleotechnics 2013 Workshop Topics
are yet to be determined
and will be posted when they are decided.

All ages event, includes 5 full days of instruction.
Breakfast and dinner provided,
(with an emphasis on local organic and wild food.)
Week-long kids' camp for children ages 5 and older.
Camping space provided.

see website for youth & senior rates and native youth scholarships

info:

This event is SOLD OUT for 2013!

click here to download flyer

click here to listen to radio interview 4/13/12
on KOWS 107.3 Occidental, CA
http://tommysholidaycamp.com/mp3/Buckeye4-13-12.mp3



JUNE 8, 2013

INTRO TO PALEO TECHNOLOGY
OVERVIEW DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday,
JUNE 8, 2013
10am - 4pm

Solar Living Institute
in Hopland, CA

more info at Solar Living Institute website

Join us as we explore universal hunter gatherer skills used by humans all around the world. You will learn basic and essential living skills through the following hands-on activities:

  • Make fire with handdrill and bowdrill fire kits
  • Process dogbane fiber and make string
  • Practice with hunting tools, including throwing rabbitsticks & spearthrowers, shooting bow & arrow, and playing hoop & pole game
  • Learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through beadmaking, shaping and polishing stone, and grinding pine nuts.

You will also have a chance to see examples of a wide variety of other primitive technologies. Move a step closer to self-sufficiency and to an understanding of how humans have survived for thousands of years with primitive technology.

$95

SOLAR LIVING INSTITUTE class

webpage: http://www.solarliving.org/courses/by-instructor/tamara-wilder/
(707) 472-2450

click here for photos of fall 2009 workshop



Mid June or Mid August, 2013

date and location to be determined

"PALEO CAMP"
KIDS SUMMER DAY CAMP
with Tamara Wilder

in Boonville, CA (Mendocino County)
and/or in Sonoma County

Mid June and/or Mid August 2013
dates & location to be determined
Monday - Friday (daily)
10am - 4pm
(with optional 9am drop off & 5pm pickup)

ages: 7-12 yrs old

Daily activities which will be repeated each day are:

  • Hunting tool target practice with hoop & pole game, rabbitsticks, handspear, atlatl (spearthrower), and bow & arrow
  • Games with bone and nut dice, bone buzzers, catch games, etc.....
  • For kids that attend more than one day: time to work on whatever they had previously started.

Morning & Afternoon "Craft" themes will be different each day of the week:

  • MON:
    "Stringmaking & Pine Nut Beadmaking"
  • TUES:
    "Firemaking, Soapstone Beadmaking & Stringmaking"
  • WED:
    "Woodworking with Elderberry Containers"
  • THURS:
    "Ropemaking"
  • FRI:
    "Rawhide mini-drums & hoops"



July 25, 2013
(Week of Camp July 22-26)

COYOTE CAMP PROGRAM
July 25, 2013

One day paleotechnologies program with Tamara as part of
Week 4 July 22-26 Wilderness Skills and Original Technologies

Explore universal hunter gatherer skills used by humans all around the world. Learn basic and essential living skills
through the following hands-on activities:

  • Make fire with handdrill and bowdrill fire kits
  • Process dogbane fiber and make string
  • Practice with hunting tools, including throwing rabbitsticks & spearthrowers, shooting bow & arrow, and playing hoop & pole game
  • Learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through beadmaking, shaping and polishing stone, and grinding pine nuts.

Who: For children and youth ages 5-12 years old
When: Sign up for one or more weeks! Hours: Mon-Fri. 9-4pm.

Dates Themes
Week 1 July 1-5 Fur, Feathers, Scales and Fins
Week 2 July 8-12 Wilderness Skills and the Shields of Survival *
Week 3 July 15-19 Earth Stewardship and Indigenous Wisdom *
Week 4 July 22-26 Wilderness Skills and Original Technologies

*Children ages 9-12 have the option to attend the Coyote Camp overnights on Thursday night July 11th and 18th for an additional $65/night.

New option: Youth ages 10-12 have the option to attend a full day on the Four Winds Ropes course during weeks 1 and 2 of Coyote Camp for an additional $55/night.

Cost: EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT!
Register and pay in full by May 6th: $265-$300 per child/per week Register after May 6th: $290-$325 per child/per week (sliding scale).

Be sure to check out the Junior Mentor Training Program at Coyote Camp for older youth 12-14 years of age.

COYOTE CAMP REGISTRATION:
To register for Coyote Camp, please visit our website at www.oceansong.org or contact Annie Klein, Coyote Camp Director, at (707) 318-6948 or anniek@oceansong.org



July 26-28, 2013

2011 Workshops on Burning Oyster Shells & Slaking Lime
with Steven Edholm & Tonia Chi

photos by Linda MacElwee

2011 Workshop on Olive Processing

NOT-SO-SIMPLE LIVING FAIR
July 26-28, 2013

Mendocino County Fairgrounds,
in Boonville, CA

The Not-So-Simple Living Fair, a weekend of hands-on workshops and demonstrations celebrating rural living and homesteading skills, will be held at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville.

website http://www.notsosimple.info/

Paleotechnics will host a kids beadmaking area & have a sales booth.
Presentation topics to be announced

The weekend starts on Friday night at dusk with a Camp-out Cabaret in the campground at the Fairgrounds (bring a song, poem or story to share). Workshops and ongoing demonstrations will be offered all day Saturday and Sunday. Saturday evening there will be a Local Food Potluck dinner (please bring food to share and your own plate, cup and utensils to eat with). Music and dancing with Pura Vida will round out and energize the evening.

Displays and demonstrations, the Conversation Café, Tool Show and Tell, and Marketplace will be on-going throughout the weekend. Participants will have the opportunity to share skills and ideas.

Admission is $20.00/day or $30.00/weekend, plus additional fee for camping. Youth are free. No dogs are allowed on the Fairgrounds.

For more information or to volunteer to help at the Fair, email info@notsosimple.info or
call (707) 684-0028.

Not-So-Simple Living page on Facebook

Click here to see Linda MacElwee's wonderful photodocumentation of the 2011 Not-So-Simple Fair.



Aug 3-4, 2013

BRAINTANNING BUCKSKIN
WORKSHOP
with Tamara Wilder

Date & location to be confirmed

August 3-4, 2013
Saturday and Sunday
(9am - 6 or 7pm both days)
campfire potluck Saturday night

near Sierraville, CA

Braintanned buckskin is a beautiful, soft, durable, and washable leather which is made using the same natural, non-toxic, and biodegradable methods employed by most Native American groups.

In this two day class, participants will partake in the whole process—from scraping the hide to smoking the softened buckskin. The group will tan one deer hide for every four people and, if all goes well, each person should take home about quarter of a finished buckskin.

Sliding Scale:
$175-$250 per person

Saturday dinner , Sunday Breakfast &
Camping included.

Bring a potluck item for Saturday & Sunday lunch, and snacks to keep your energy up through the weekend.

Information:

Sue Morganti email (707) 841-0341.

Please call with any questions.

Registration & more details to be posted soon.



August 17 & 18, 2013

5% discount in registered by March 31st

TIE YOUR WORLD TOGETHER
Making String, Nets & Rope Using Plant and Animal Fibers
with Tamara Wilder

August 17 & 18, 2013
9am-4pm each day

at the Mendocino Art Center,
Mendocino, CA

The knowledge of how to ply fibers into usable lengths of string is
one of the most basic, essential and important of human life skills,
and yet, most modern people will find this requisite art
strangely absent among their set of personal abilities.

Cordage (string) & rope have long been both utilized and treasured
by humans from every part of the world as tools in fishing and hunting,
for carrying burdens, constructing shelters, in textiles,
for tying bundles of possessions together, and so on.

Immerse yourself in the world of plant fibers.
-Learn how to extract high quality fiber from local native & naturalized plants
-Discuss the processing of fibers in general, including sinew
-Make those fibers into string
-Make a netting shuttle from oak shoots
-Use that shuttle to make a knotted net
-Help make a rope using a basic ropewalk system

Plenty of time to perfect a variety of different cordage methods.

http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/Summer13/Wilder.html

Cost: $195 to $225
($25 materials fee + $170 local members to $200 non members fee)

5% discount if registered by March 31st

Mendocino Art Center P.O. Box 765 Mendocino, CA 95460

www.mendocinoartcenter.org

800-653-3328



NCWHS - Northern CA Women's Herbal Symposium

3 separate weekends at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA
Weekends of Memorial Day & Labor Day Weekend

May 18-19, 2013 (Session 1)
--Tamara does not plan to attend.

May 24-26, 2013 (Session 2)
--Tamara does not plan to attend.

August 30 - September 2, 2013 (Session 3)
--Tamara plans to teach Friction Firemaking, a Mid Kids Program & either Wild Foods or Stringmaking

Over 50 classes are offered by a variety of instructors throughout each session, including six four-hour intensives, covering many different aspects of Herbalism and sustainable lifestyles. Topics include: Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Flower Essences, Herb Walks, Herbal Crafts, Herbal Cultivation & Propagation, Magical Herbs, Herbal Treatments for Specific Disorders, Women's Health, and much more. Session 3 also offers Sustainable Living classes, including: Alternative Vehicle Fuels, Natural Building Techniques, Permaculture, Solar Energy, and much more.

general info and registration at website
womensherbalsymposium.org

Contact info:
PO Box 599 Sebastopol, CA 95473, tel. 707-824-1429
email NCWHS@monitor.net

Attendees must register for the entire weekend.



BREITENBUSH HERBAL CONFERENCE
"RootWorkers & WildCrafters: The Self-Sufficent Tradition(s) of Herbalism"

Sept 6-8, 2013 with optional Intensive Sept 5th

Tamara will be presenting the following topics:

Wild Foods Intensive Sept 5th
Explore a wide variety of wild foods found in fields and forests. We will discuss identification, seasonality, gathering and processing of a variety of foods including acorns, manzanita berries, bay nuts (aka myrtle), pine nuts, greens, roots, seeds and much more. Enjoy an array of tasty treats prepared by the group with hands-on practice using stone mano & metate, stone mortar & pestle, plus hand cranked metal grinders to grind and pound berries, nuts and acorns.

Wild Foods Discussion during conference
Explore the wide variety of wild foods found in fields and forests. We will discuss identification, seasonality, gathering and processing of a variety of foods including acorns, manzanita berries, bay nuts (aka myrtle), pine nuts, greens, roots, seeds and much more.

Stringmaking & Cordage Fiber Plants Discussion during conference
Make string from sticks using Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), plus and in-depth discussion of plants from which fibers for string, rope, nets, cloth, etc.... can be extracted, overview of harvesting and common processing methods, and demonstration of a variety of string-making techniques. Lots of samples of plants, raw materials, extracted fiber and finished cord, rope and nets to handle and touch.

http://www.breitenbushherbalconference.com/

registration form: http://media.wix.com/ugd//26010c_18a7a46ac93f9b110457a3478463c90c.pdf



OCTOBER 26-27, 2013
(RAIN or SHINE!!!)

TECHNOLOGY OF INDEPENDENCE
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Essential Living Skills – Fire, Food, and Fiber

with Tamara Wilder

at the California School of Herbal Studies
in Forestville, CA

OCTOBER 26-27, 2013

Rain or Shine!!!

Join us as we explore universal hunter gatherer skills used by humans all around the world and spend some time learning basic and essential living skills through hands-on activities.

FIREMAKING: Make fire with handdrill and bowdrill fire kits and make your own handdrill firemaking kit to take home

STRINGMAKING: Process dogbane fiber and make string using logrolling methods

NETMAKING: Learn how to make a netting shuttle and a knotted net

HUNTING TOOLS: Target practice throwing rabbitsticks & spearthrowers, shooting bow & arrow, and playing hoop & pole game

BEADMAKING: Learn basic stone and woodworking techniques through shaping and polishing soapstone and grinding nuts for beads.

WILD FOODS: Experiment with some basic wild food identification and food processing techniques using stone mano & metate and mortar & pestle.

In this longer weekend format we will also have a chance to discuss a wide variety of other primitive technologies as well as some of the uses of local plants as medicine and as pigments.
This will be an incredible opportunity to move a step closer to
self-sufficiency and to an understanding of how humans
have survived for tens of thousands of years with primitive technologies
(the first technologies) as their tools.

$245 - $225 sliding scale (includes a $30 materials fee).

This course is appropriate for older children as well as adults.

Online registration:
http://www.cshs.com/classes.html#primitive

mailing address:
PO Box 39, Forestville, CA 95436
physical address: 9309 Highway 116, Forestville
phone: (707) 887-7457
email: cshs@cshs.com



January 2014(date TBA)

"Whole Animal"
PIG PROCESSING WORKSHOP
with Tamara Wilder

January 2014(date TBA)

(Saturday & Sunday)
9am - 6pm daily
with potluck dinner & optional camping Saturday night
Petaluma, CA

Many people who eat meat feel that they are out of touch with the sources and processes behind the food that ends up on their plate.
The knowledge required to efficiently and humanely transform an animal into food is an essential tool for self sufficiency, and the entire process can be easily and cleanly accomplished with just a few basic tools.

Pigs are considered to be one of the most "edible" of animals, meaning that every part can become a delicious dish.
Being omnivorous "garbage disposals" that consume garden, orchard and dairy surplus and transform it into delicious meat & fat, pigs have long provided a staple of food and fat for homesteading and landbased families all around the world

Pork is particularly desirable as a meat because it is very good fresh, but is also exceptionally tasty when cured and smoked into bacon and ham.
The fat that they produce provides an essential staple for baking and cooking
when rendered into lard.

As a group, we will slaughter and process a domestic pig.
Parts of this process will be demonstrated but the majority of this workshop is very hands-on, meaning that all participants will be "doing" most of the time.

Processes include:

  • Extracting the innards (heart, lungs, liver, spleen, blood, fat, etc...) and preparing them for a delicious potluck dinner,
  • Processing the other miscellaneous parts (tongue, ears, head, skin for pork rinds, stomache for menudo, intestines for sausages, bones for bone broth, fat for lard),
  • Breaking down the carcass into a variety of usable cuts
  • Salting & smoking bacon
  • Grinding meat & fat and stuffing them into intestine casings

COST: $300 - $375 sliding scale
(includes seminar, potluck-style Sat dinner, camping, tools, materials,
and portion of animal to take home)

Registration & ?'s: Cole 707-364-4462

To reserve your space in the workshop,
please fill out the downloadable registration form
and send with a 50% deposit.
Thanks.


contact us at ts@paleotechnics.com

PALEOTECHNICS
Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder
PO Box 876 Boonville, CA 95415
707-391-8683

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