Pigs don’t sweat and neither should you when deciding to pasture-raise pigs!

Join All Family Farm and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Sullivan County for an on-farm workshop for veterans and their partners on Saturday, May 14 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This workshop is for veterans and their partners only.

All Family Farm (AFF), located in Middletown, NY and founded in 2018 by veterans Nathan and Misty Allanach, raises and sells heritage breed Berkshire pork. Together with CCE Sullivan ag educators, they will discuss their mindset on the management of their farm, including pasture management, operations, and sales. Beginning with an overview of how they made business choices around their acreage, they will review two farm operational systems: the feeding silo and the loading system for hogs preceding transport. Attendees will tour the farm, visit the farm store, and learn how the farmers market their products. Veterans will have the opportunity to survey the land currently in production, discuss small business strategies, learn technical methods of small-scale production, and ask questions in real time to a veteran family farm.

Lunch is provided and participants will receive a copy of the book, "Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs, 4th Edition: Care, Facilities, Management, Breeds". A bootwash station will be provided for participants with livestock to maintain farm biosecurity.

Pre-registration is required for this FREE veteran-only program by web at sullivancce.org/events, email at sullivan@cornell.edu, or phone at 845-292-6180. All Family Farm’s address will be provided with registration.

This workshop is sponsored by Cornell Small Farms Farm Ops program. Farm Ops aims to support military service members and veterans who desire to explore and/or pursue agricultural vocations. Learn more at smallfarms.cornell.edu/projects/farm-ops.