Sun, Sep 13
|Merck Forest & Farmland Center
Rabbit Processing Workshop
Are you interested in raising a highly sustainable (and very tasty!) protein on your farm, homestead, or backyard? In collaboration with Rural Vermont and Merck Forest, join us for a rabbit butchery workshop.
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2026, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Merck Forest & Farmland Center, 3270 VT-315, Rupert, VT 05768, USA
About the event
Meat rabbits require less land, less water, and less energy to grow than most other livestock. They convert food and water into edible meat 1.4 times more efficiently than pigs and 4 times more efficiently than sheep and cattle....making them both highly efficient and sustainable, and did we mention...delicious?
This workshop will cover:
basic rabbitry setup
how to assess an animal for optimal harvest
tools required to butcher at home
humane dispatch via cervical dislocation, carcass evaluation