2017 Draft Animal-Power Field Days

New this year, learn how working draft horses helped a Combat Veteran. Chip Pinder of Crossed Cannon Farm will be presenting with Blue Star Equiculture’s bay Shires, Tommy and Ben. Learn how the horses helped him adjust to life back home.

The Draft Animal Power Field Days on September 29- October 1 at the Cornish NH Fairgrounds will be presenting a workshop “Veterans and Agriculture: Draft Powered Healing” on Saturday. Veterans, elders, children under 12 and folks donating to the benefit auction will also receive free admission on Sunday.
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Chip Pinder- “While harnessing my team of Shires, Ben and Tommy, I will be sharing my story. The story of a Combat Veteran returning home without a sense of purpose and the constant struggle to adjust to life on this side of the world, until discovering draft animal power and agriculture. I hope to highlight ways that you can understand and tap into a growing demographic of Veterans.

Join me for a morning of discussion, enlightenment and most of all, horsepower! Afterwards, explore the other draft animal power workshops or stay with me for a wagon ride.

Returning from combat, Veterans need a sense of purpose, not just a job.

We, as Veterans, know that we made a difference, and when we come home, there is no way to connect with anyone on the same level, let alone make the impact we have trained all of our lives to create. A fellow Veteran describes his PTSD not as a disorder, but as “Separation Anxiety.” With that in mind, we will explore ways that working with a draft team, can lead to a sense of purpose and a new found sense of belonging.”

More info:

https://docs.google.com/…/1sqQuOaNCDBuYV-NZfDsd…/mobilebasic

2017 Draft Animal-Power Field Days!!!!

Calling all Volunteers past, present or future, please take notice.

All volunteers of at least 2 hours will be given one 2017 DAPnet t-shirt (green) and also a 2qt bag of Black Dirt Farm High Potency Worm Castings.

Firstly, a larger volunteer job
We would really like to get someone who is excited to move around and see a lot to write an article on the field days for the DAPnet newsletter. A free lunch and conversation with board members is available for this position on Saturday.

We need help with the following and assignments will be given out based on skill sets and depending how soon you sign up to help.
Thursday-
General set up, and barn prep
Friday
Photographer, parking attendants, recycling and trash, general set up, “Go – for” or runner for things others need, covering the DAPnet info booth, and set up for the Square Dance on Friday night,
Saturday
Similar tasks as Friday plus, wagon ride assistant, Looking for volunteer children for Brad Johnson’s workshop in the afternoon.
Sunday
Assistants for the Silent and Live Auctions, Teamster Breakfast assistants, parking, obstacle course assistant, “Go For”, covering the DAPnet info booth

Please email us today if you would like to get involved: DAPnetInfo@gmail.com

Forest to Frame Workshop
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The Draft Animal Power Field Days!!!

http://flofarm.org/dap/dap-field-days/registration/

Carl Russell has developed a comprehensive harvesting plan for a section of the Cornish NH Fairgrounds forest that can highlight the effectiveness of draft animal power and show how forestry objectives can be implement to enhance ownership and community goals
to invest in residual stand improvement
to show the effectiveness of draft animals in the woods
and to demonstrate that logging is more than dragging logs.

Carl and other experienced loggers and foresters will be demonstrating and discussing planning the harvest, starting the harvest, working with animal in the woods, and timber harvesting equipment for draft animals.

This workshop is aimed at teamsters who want to or are presently working in the woods with draft animal power and at landowners who are interested in the possibility of using draft animal power.

This is going to be real practitioners performing their craft to execute a forestry prescription. You will get a very real sense of what a log job can be like and how forestry work can feel.

Read the entire plan and look at maps of where will be working https://www.facebook.com/DraftAnimalPowerNetwork/posts/10155332935299870

We will see you on the 29Th!!

Another AWESOME opportunity on Friday at The Draft Animal Power Field Day. Ever thought about growing vegetables with the help of draft power? ever wanted to transition away from heavy tractors in your already awesome gardens? ever just wanted to watch and learn from some pro environmentally friendly veggie farmers? This Friday Intensive might be just what you are looking for!

The SEED TO SALE WORKSHOP will be led by Stephen Leslie at his Cedar Mountain Farm in Hartland VT about 20 minutes from the Cornish Fairgrounds in Cornish NH. Stephen who will be joined by Michael Glos, David Fisher and others will start with a farm tour which will be followed by a survey of all the equipment used to manage a market garden with animal power.

Demonstrations will follow on how to use tillage equipment focusing mostly on cultivation as it is perhaps the most technically interesting aspect of market gardening.

Hands on experience is available for those with some experience!!! Super exciting to learn from a professionally used team of draft horses!

Following the “dirty” part of the day and throughout thee will be discussion of the economics of draft powered veggie production, covering interns, employees, law around veggie farming and benefit of working with animals in your gardens.

Register for Friday TODAY!!

The 2017 Draft Animal Power Field Days will be welcoming the American Suffolk Horse Association and its members as they hold their annual meeting at the same time in Cornish, NH. Several of their members will be presenting or demonstrating at our event with their Suffolk Punch draft horses. Chad Vogel will be bringing his stallion, John Hammond will be opening the museum at the fair for our viewing, and Liza Howe from Illinois will be helping with the multiple hitch demonstration, Jay Bailey, Bill West and others will be involves as well. Our past keynote speaker way back 10 years ago, Jason Rutledge from the Blue Ridge will be joining us again, in the woods, talking about on farm breeding, and in the round pen. If you want to see and learn about the wonderful and rare Suffolk Punch horse, this will be a event that you won’t want to miss. http://flofarm.org/dap/dap-field-days/
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