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SUMMARY:BUTCHERY DEMONSTRATION
DESCRIPTION:Tom\, from Nose to Tail butchers will be doing a demonstration of butchery for SFTG\nHURRY ! TICKETS VERY LIMITED!\nVenue - Butterbox\, Blackbrook Ln\, Scaynes Hill\, Haywards Heath RH17 7NW\nDate - Friday 4th April 2025\nTime - From 7pm until approximately 9pm\n(flexible finish time to allow for attendee questions etc - Tom has kindly said that he can stay for as long as is needed)\n\nTom will prepare a whole lamb and side of pork in front of you so that you can see what cuts can be made and how the butchery process is carried out. Tom is keen to show small holders what can be done with their animal's carcasses and demonstrate the skill involved in quality butchery.\nThere will also be time for questions throughout the evening as he works.\n\nAt the end of the evening\, there will be an opportunity to purchase the meat cut on the night\, should you wish.\n  \nRefreshments will be available on the night too\n  \nDue to insurances\, it isn't possible for attendees to actually butcher/use equipment themselves on this evening but it is intended that attendees will leave with enough information to be able to have a go themselves at home with their own meat should they wish; have a better understanding of the cuts they might ask for from a butcher in the future and know what they might like to ask for when having their own animals prepared following slaughter. \n  \n  \n\n\n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/butchery-demonstration/
LOCATION:Butterbox Farm\, Nash Lane\, Scaynes Hill\, RH17 7NJ
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SUMMARY:Lambing Morning
DESCRIPTION:Come and visit the Lambing shed.\nSimon & Rachael are Lambing their flock of 30 Ewes during April.\nVisiting a lambing shed can be a delightful and educational experience! You may have the opportunity to observe the birthing process\, see adorable new born lambs\, and learn about the care and management of sheep during this critical period.\nYou may have the chance to help feed the lambs and learn about the care they need to thrive.\nSafety Note\, this event is not suitable if you are pregnant
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/lambing-morning/
LOCATION:TBC\, East Sussex\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Simon Bishop":MAILTO:stillyans@me.com
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SUMMARY:AN INTRODUCTION TO SMALLHOLDING
DESCRIPTION:****Due to a cancellation\, we now have one ticket available for this course -\nplease email chair@sftg.org.uk should you wish to attend ****\n  \nPerhaps you're about to take over a smallholding? Or are you relatively new to keeping land and animals? If so\, perhaps you feel you'd like to talk the issues through with others in the same boat\, and with someone who's been doing it for a while? If that sounds like you\, then our "Introduction to Smallholding" workshop is just the thing for you. \nCome and spend the afternoon finding out what smallholding entails from a practical perspective\, as you visit this 7 acre plot. Paul Lovatt Smith has been working on the land for over 15 years\, and has a wealth of knowledge that he's happy to share\, including: \n\nHow to get started - we know it's all a bit overwhelming at first\nWhat's involved with the paperwork and legal aspects\, as well as the finances\nA basic overview of keeping poultry\, sheep\, cattle and pigs\nGrowing veg\nMaking hay and growing small-scale cereals\n\nPlease note: \nthis course will be held outdoors (and partly in a barn) - so please do wear suitable outdoors clothing\, bearing in mind that this is England - it may well be cold and damp (or warm and sunny\, boiling and dry\, windy and snowing... you get the picture). \nCan't make this date? Event sold out? Please email our training organiser so that you will be on the list when we run the workshop again. \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/an-introduction-to-smallholding-8/
LOCATION:Foxwood\, Hellingly\, Cinderford Lane\, Hellingly\, East Sussex\, BN27 4HL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:FRIDAY NIGHT TALK - SAXON FARMING
DESCRIPTION:ANGLO-SAXON FARMING\nDUNSTAN'S CALENDAR - PAUL LOVATT-SMITH\n  \nApril's Friday night talk will be all about Saxon farming and will be lead by our very own chairman\, Paul!\n  \nYou might remember a series of articles that Paul wrote in the SFTG newsletter a while back\, based on twelve pictures of farming and other activities\, from an Anglo-Saxon calendar made in Canterbury around the year 969 AD.  The pictures are beautifully crafted and justly famous.  He was interpreting them in the light of the traditional farming that goes on at his smallholding today. He is in the process of compiling these articles into a book\, called "Dunstan's Calendar".\nThis talk will be a sneak preview of the contents of the book!\n  \n*Note that the date is the fourth Friday in April (the 25th) and not the third as we would usually meet\, owing to Easter falling on the 3rd Friday* \n  \nDOORS OPEN 6.30PM FOR SET UP\, DRINKS\, CHIT CHAT\,  LIBRARY AND SHARING TABLE ETC. \nTALK STARTS  7 PM \nTALK ENDS 8 PM \nQUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER AND AOB 8.00 - 8.30PM \nHALL CLOSES 8.45 PM \n 
URL:https://sftg.org.uk/event/friday-night-talk-saxon-farming/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Louise Dainty-Woodham":MAILTO:gto@sftg.org.uk
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