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SUMMARY:Raising Meat Goats and the FAMACHA System
DESCRIPTION:Erica Fearn raises boer meat goats on pasture at her farm 
 in West Suffield, CT. As a former Executive Director of the Connecticu
 t Farm Bureau, Erica has a great deal of knowledge about the rules and
  regulations of raising and selling meat animals. She will also talk a
 bout her efforts in marketing to ethnic markets and health and nutriti
 on issues for goats.\n\nThis workshop will include a special training 
 in the FAMACHA program, a way of measuring anemia and blood loss in go
 ats to better treat animals for worms based on their individual condit
 ions. This training will be offered by Joyce Meader, a Dairy/Livestock
  Educator with the Cooperative Extension System of the University of C
 onnecticut, and will require pre-registration and an additional $12 fe
 e for materials. Please contact winton@nofamass.org (413-634-5728) to 
 register by July 15.\n\nThe farm is at 685 North Stone St., in West Su
 ffield, 1.3 miles from the MA line, next to The Notch. The driveway is
  between two blue spruce trees, across from Oak St.\n\nFor more inform
 ation visit http://www.nefood.org/events/raising-meat-goats-and-the
DTSTART:20090804T200000Z
DTEND:20090804T230000Z
CATEGORIES:"grazing workshops"
LOCATION:West Suffield, CT
WEBSITE:http://www.nofamass.org/programs/organicdairy/grazing09.php
URL:http://www.nofamass.org/programs/organicdairy/grazing09.php
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="Winton Pitcoff":http://www.nefood.org/profile/WintonPitc
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