MEET YOUR MEAT

The Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology is proud to announce an upcoming series of tours, panels, and workshops on good, clean, and fair animal husbandry and meat production. The series, called Meet Your Meat , is a portrayal of the local meat economy in the Bay Area and how that model can be improved and spread. We want to show how animals can be part of a vibrant and diverse agricultural system and some part of our diet as responsible omnivores. Meet Your Meat is offered as a counterpoint to the brutal industrial meat system and the rightfully appalling PETA video of the same title.

The series metaphorically follows a single animal from farm, to slaughter, to butcher, to cook, to plate in the following events:
The Art of the Butcher

Hosted in collaboration with Meatpaper

Thursday, March 5

Reception at 6:45 pm. Lecture starts by 7:30 pm sharp.

105 North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley Campus [directions]

No tickets necessary! Suggested $10 donation at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

With panelists Ryan Farr (Ivy Elegance, CHEFS Program), Nate Appleman (A16, SPQR, Urbino), Melanie Eisemann (Avedano's), David Budworth (Marina Meats, Avedano's), Mark Pasternak (Devil's Gulch Ranch), and Marissa Guggiana (Sonoma Direct, Secret Eating Society, Meatpaper) as moderator.

Our panel will discuss how butchering whole animals delivered from local slaughterhouses stands in stark contrast to the plastic-wrapped grocery store steak. They will talk about the retail component of the local meat system and how this changes the relationship of chefs, home cooks, and diners with meat.

The discussion will be followed by a demonstration by Chef Ryan Farr on how a whole carcass is broken down into cuts of meat. Meat CSA shares will be available the night of the panel. SOLD OUT! Rancher Mark Pasternak will be available to coordinate more CSA shares of his delicious, Marin County-raised pork.

Contact SAFE for more information.
A working visit to Soul Food Farm and a tour of Meridian Jacobs Ranch

Saturday, March 14, 8am-4pm, Solano County

Meet at 8am in the West Circle on the UC Berkeley Campus

With Robin Lynde (Meridian Jacobs), Alexis Koefoed (Soul Food), and Samin Nosrat (Eccolo)

Limit 50. Please RSVP to agrofoodecology@gmail.com with subject line 'Solano'

We will be helping with chores at Soul Food Farm. Come dressed for work and prepared for inclement weather. Please bring a picnic lunch. Samin Nosrat, Sous Chef at Eccolo Restaurant in Berkeley, will discuss using Soul Food Farm products over lunch.

Hide Brain Tanning Workshop

April 18-19, 9am to dark both days

Ghost Town Farm in Oakland

Cost $100

With Tamara Wilder (Paloetechnics, author of Buckskin: The Ancient Art of Braintanning ), and Novella Carpenter (Ghost Town Farm)

Braintanned leather is a beautiful, soft, durable, and washable material 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 using using goatskins and/or deerskins—from scraping the hide to smoking the softened hide.

Limit 16. Please RSVP to agrofoodecology@gmail.com with subject line 'Tanning'

Salumi Tasting

Hosted in collaboration with Slow Food Berkeley

Tentatively April 20, details forthcoming

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