Building an on-farm Butcher Shop at Sugar Mountain Farm
A project in West Topsham, VT by Walter Jeffries000days
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Our family's building a USDA inspected butcher shop to offer quality pork cuts & creative charcuterie from our pasture pigs in Vermont.
Backers: 369
Average Pledge Per Backer: $91
Funded: $33,456 of $25,000
Dates: Mar 30th -> May 15th (47 days)
Project By: Walter Jeffries
Backers: 369
Average Pledge Per Backer: $91
Funded: $33,456 of $25,000
Dates: Mar 30th -> May 15th (47 days)
Project By: Walter Jeffries
$33,456
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 28 @ 05:39 -0400 GMT
133%
of goal
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Latest News
Picking Equipment - Opinions? 
February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We are just finishing plastering the walls of the bathroom and initial working rooms. The coving in the bathroom is almost completed. Cove the corners of iCutter will probably get finished this weekend. Then the 30 day cure time count down starts... (Read More)
New Butchering Book by Cole Ward
January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hope with Cole's new book Many of you received the Cole Ward DVD series about meat cutting and I thought you might be interested to know that Cole has a new book out. He is the master butcher we apprenticed for 18 months. See:... (Read More)
Pig Sticks and Wands
January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we finished plastering the ceiling of the initial cutter room. On Wednesday we met with the head of the department of meat inspection for Vermont. He came out to our farm and check out our progress. He was very pleased with what he saw. In... (Read More)
Updated Progress Chart 12/29/2013
December 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Smokehouse Ceiling Vent For those who like to keep track of things happening check out the updated time table for our butcher shop. Many of the milestones have new progress percentages for how much has been completed. Right now we're doing parging... (Read More)
Updated Progress Chart
December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving! I've updated the progress chart with percents done for the various line items on our To-Do list for completing the butcher shop. You can find the progress chart on my blog on the Butcher Shop page.... (Read More)
Roof Poured
November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
For those who enjoy the construction progress and pictures check out this new blog post: Pink Concrete On Roof (Read More)
Scheduling Update
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I've posted an updated schedule of our To-Do list and expected ship dates on my blog that will bring us to the point of being able to do on-farm butchering and start shipping the Kickstarter meat rewards that are based on that. Check it out at:... (Read More)
Concrete Inspectors
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Inspector's Imprint After I got done doing the initial cutter room's floors the inspectors came by at night and checked my work. In the morning I found their signatures of approval. Signatures of Remus and Romula Fortunately they were quite... (Read More)
Sills in - Subfloor Poured
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday we poured the subfloors after getting the last of the sills in. Final we have parts that are more than just structural, these stones are the actual surfaces we'll see in the finished butcher shop. Check out these two blog posts for... (Read More)
Floors Forming
October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Butcher Shop Hall Yesterday we finished parging the ferro cement cover of the plumbing trenches, our basement, in the butcher shop. This hides the complexity of all those pipes, sleeves and conduits so that cleaning will be easy and the rooms will... (Read More)
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