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From: Debbie Roos <debbie.roos AT chathamnc.org>
Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:36 PM
Subject: Hands-on Poultry Processing Workshop at Perry-winkle Farm
To: "sustagchatham AT lists.ncsu.edu" <sustagchatham AT lists.ncsu.edu>

 

​HANDS-ON POULTRY PROCESSING WORKSHOP AT PERRY-WINKLE FARM

 

With NC Choices and Partners:

Wild Turkey Farm, NCDA Meat and Poultry Inspection Division, and Foothills Pilot Plant

If you raise, process, and sell poultry up to a maximum of 20,000 birds or are interested in getting into the business, this workshop is for you.

Join NC Choices and for a poultry processing workshop that will provide hands-on training and best management practices for small scale producers seeking to process their poultry on-farm.  Participants will practice and take home their own processed bird.

Instructors:  Instructor and poultry grower for over 15 years, Lee Menius of Wild Turkey Farms will lead the workshop accompanied by guest speakers: Amanda Carter, Operational Manager of Foothills Pilot Plant and Marvin Luckman, Compliance Officer from NC Department of Agriculture’s Meat and Poultry Inspection Division. Workshop will include hands-on participation for all attendees. 

Topics will include:

• Best management practices including a focus on humane animal handling including the Do’s and Don’ts of home processing, worker health and safety, and sanitation.
• NC’s MPID guidelines for on-farm processing of poultry exempt requirements for growers raising up to 1,000 poultry/year or greater than 1,000 but no more than 20,000 poultry/year if sold within state.
• Operational needs including set up, process flow, and equipment.
• Demonstration techniques including kill, pluck, eviscerate
• Postmortem handling, cooling and packaging.
• Hands-on participant experience including kill, pluck, eviscerate, for one whole bird to take home.

DETAILS:

Who: All poultry growers who process on farm for sale.  Participants should dress casually and closed toed shoes are advised.

When: Tuesday, July 15^th from 1pm-6pm

Where:  Perry-winkle Farm, Chapel Hill, NC

1061 White Cross Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Registration Fee:  $40 All Inclusive: You must pre-register to attend including a full deposit of $40. No refunds.  $40 includes one bird to take home (registration capped at 20 participants).  Registration deadline: Friday, July 11th at 12pm noon

Contact: Email sarah AT ncchoices.com for registration details.

Why: In response to increasing consumer demand for local and niche meat production, more producers are processing poultry on farm than ever before.  According to the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Meat and Poultry Inspection Division, the number of producers who process poultry under exemption from daily inspection has grown dramatically to well over 100 growers in the state.

 

To learn more about exempt poultry processing in North Carolina please see the NC Meat and Poultry Inspection Division's notices  on the 1,000 bird exemption and the 20,000 bird exemption. If you are interested in processing under the exemption and have not contacted MPID in Raleigh, register by calling their office at 919-707-3180. NC MPID Compliance Officer Marvin Luckman will be on-site to answer questions regarding compliance and the exemptions as well as to receive requests to operate under exemption.

 

“We’re excited to see the rising numbers of meat handlers and the growers who are raising poultry on their farms within the state of NC. Our goal is to help ensure that those farmers interested in the processing and selling of those farm raised poultry products produce a safe and wholesome product and operate under the criteria’s identified in NCDA&CS, MPID Notices 14-12 and 15-12 poultry exempt requirements so that their businesses can continue to flourish.” –Alan Wade, State Director NCDA Meat and Poultry Inspection Division

 

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Sarah Blacklin

NC Choices Project Coordinator

919.928.4771

www.carolinameatconference.com

www.ncchoices.com

NC Choices is a program of Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
that advances local and niche meat supply chains in NC by providing networking opportunities, educational programming and technical assistance for producers, meat processors, buyers, and food professionals.  CEFS is a partnership of NC State University, NC A&T State University and the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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