Programs: Workshops

In the Yard to Skillet workshop, participants learn how to take
a live chicken and prepare it for the skillet.
Credit: Maria Kritikos

Each year CCUA recruits experienced and giving volunteers from Columbia’s home gardening and sustainable agriculture communities to teach a series of workshops for the general public. The emphasis is on sustainable, healthy, and affordable approaches to home food production.

Check our calendar of events to see when the next workshops are scheduled. We will advertise workshops put on by other local organizations on the calendar; these include composting, canning, fruit trees, etc.

Tentative schedule and descriptions

Spring

• Urban Hens 101: Intro to Chickens
• Chicken Coop Construction
• Spring Vegetable Gardening

Summer

Columbians get together at CCUA’s office for an Urban Hens 101 workshop.

• Summer Vegetable Gardening
• Yard to Skillet: Backyard Chicken Processing

Fall

• Fall Vegetable Gardening
• Yard to Skillet: Backyard Chicken Processing

Contact dan@columbiaurbanag.org with questions about workshops.

These hens had been planning their escape for weeks, whittling their roost
down enough to poke through the fence and unlock the gate.