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The 2015 Draft Animal-Power Field Days
September 24, 2015 - September 27, 2015
The Draft Animal-Power Network grew out of the NEAPFD (the Northeast Animal-Power Field Days, an event started by Carl Russell & Lisa McCrory) and the online forum and is an organization of 250+ members who share an interest and passion for draft animals as a viable source of power for their operation, be it part-time, full-time, or an all-encompassing life style.
The 2015 Draft Animal-Power Field Days will be help at the Cummington Fairgrounds, in Cummington, MA on September 24-27.
The event will offer a number of highlights:
- Intensive workshops offered on Thursday will cover topics such as forestry, training draft-animals, introduction to oxen and teaching teamsters.
- Equipment demonstrations will feature manufacturers who specialize in animal-powered equipment as well as practical adaptations for equipment designed for tractors.
- Educational sessions featuring animal-power in the market garden: many organic producers see animal-power as a viable alternative to tractors.
- Logging and forestry folks will find a number of interesting topics, discussions, and demonstrations about animal-powered logging and positive impact forestry.
- These workshops, a foal raffle and many other demonstrations will attract a wide cross-section of animal-power supporters including farmers, foresters, gardeners, general public & educational institutions who are looking for resources & connections with other like-minded people, businesses and organizations.
Visit www.animalpowerfielddays.org for more information.