Farm Life

About

Located across Alberta, hosting various educational workshops and events with a focus on the more traditional and sustainable skills movement, including; traditional hide tanning, food preservation, whole animal use, butchery, homesteading and community building opportunities.

About Us

Workshops & Events

Come spend a weekend in an immersive workshop experience or choose just a day class to get your inspiration flowing.

Choose from multiple dates for each event listing. New Locations coming soon.

Events Calendar

Join Us

Do you have a traditional skill that you are passionate about and would like to share knowledge with others?

We can build stronger foundations if we share and learn from each other in hard times. Your gift of knowledge can change the world.

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Coming Up Next

Pallet Christmas Tree
Sat, Dec 09
Stony Plain
Dec 09, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Stony Plain, Stony Plain, AB, Canada
Dec 09, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Stony Plain, Stony Plain, AB, Canada
Join us for a fun filled day of upcycling; creating a beautiful, custom Christmas tree from an old pallet, destined for the landfill. We will go through each step from pallet disassembly to finished product.
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Traditional Tanning Large Hair-On Hides Workshop
Sat, Jan 27
Niton Junction
Jan 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – Jan 28, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
Jan 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – Jan 28, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
come empower yourself to learn something new in an immersive 2 day hair-on traditional brain tanning weekend workshop. Enjoy hands-on experience with interactive demonstrations on how to traditionally tan medium - large hides with brain (lecithin) and smoke, from start to finish.
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Small Animal Hide Handling & Prep
Sun, Feb 25
Niton Junction
Feb 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m. MST – Feb 26, 2024, 4:00 p.m. MST
Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
Feb 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m. MST – Feb 26, 2024, 4:00 p.m. MST
Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
This small animal hide handing and prep includes handling guidelines, preservation, interactive skinning, hands on guided techniques, guided fleshing techniques.
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Traditional Tanning Hair On Large Hides (waitlist)
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from sheepskins to elk rugs, this start to finish full instructional weekend will guide you though each step in the process of traditional brain tanning with hands on and fully interactive experience. Guided by Cher Reynen of Wildfibre Organic Tannery TM. / Prairie Rose Sustainable Skills Inc.
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RSVP Baby Moccasins Class (waitlist)
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Niton Junction
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Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
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Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
Traditional leather baby mocs! this start to finish full instructional class will guide you through each step in the process of making leather baby moccasins.
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RSVP Live Lambing Clinic (waitlist)
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Sangudo
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Sangudo, Sangudo, AB, Canada
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Sangudo, Sangudo, AB, Canada
Come out for a day or night, at Frostad Farms, near Sangudo, AB, and participate in some live lambing. Learn in depth how to deliver lambs, the labor process, special health requirements of ewes and lambs, proper birthing and repositioning technique and how to avoid common mistakes.
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RSVP Drum Making Class (waitlist)
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Niton Junction
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Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
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Niton Junction, Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0, Canada
from rawhide to drum, this start to finish full instructional class will guide you through each step in the process of making rawhide and rawhide drums.
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RSVP - Conservation & Hunting Education (waitlist)
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RSVP with your name and location details so we can schedule a class near you! Join this live class with hands on lessons and experiences with Certified Instructor Giulia Stoddard. Same day exam and onsite licensing as required for all new hunters in Alberta.
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