A Comprehensive Meat Processing Class Covering Field Dressing, Cutting, Grinding, and Canning

Whether you're bringing home a deer this season or just wanting to get more from the meat you buy, this hands-on workshop will teach you the fundamentals of field dressing deer and how to break down, process, and preserve meat like a pro.

We will start the day covering the basics of field dressing, then move into a full carcass breakdown demonstration (using a lamb carcass) to show you how a whole animal can be worked into familiar cuts; skills that translate directly whether you're field-dressing game or breaking down a purchased whole or half animal for home use. From there, you'll move into hands-on stations to practice cutting, grinding, and canning meat yourself.

This workshop is available to anyone interested in learning how to safely process, prepare, and preserve meat, including:

• Hunters who want to process their own harvest, from field to freezer confidently
• Home cooks and consumers interested in purchasing meat in bulk, cutting it into usable portions, and preserving it through canning

^{Program Support & Acknowledgments}

^{This workshop is made possible through support from the following partners and funding sources:}

• ^{USDA NIFA sponsorship award #2022-7042038269 to Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) & this material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award #2021-70027-34722.}
• ^{U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant #25LFPPNC1283. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.}