Triform Farm: Final Edit of the Meat Shop Video

Monday, March 23, 2009

Final Edit of the Meat Shop Video

Here is the final version of the Meat Shop video. Copies of the DVD will be for sale this weekend (Sat. March 28th) at the Grand Opening of the Meat Shop at Triform Farm. There will be a presentation of the video at 1PM followed by a farm tour and open house. You can visit the animals and make your first purchase from our new Meat Shop! We hope to see you there!

-Sarah Bassett and Billy Spillman

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Congratulations on a job well done! This is a very impressive film, and the Meat Shop looks great!
Gail Zinberg; March 28, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Gail is so right about this! Bill you made a beautiful shop and film. Bill, also I can't believe how much you grew up as a confident young man. I am so happy that your mother shared this film with us!
Takayo; March 28, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Elise Ansel said...: What a great film!!! Congratulations Billy Spillman!!; March 29, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Mindy Upton said...: Hi Billy William,

Thank you for sharing this wonderful film with me..I haven't seen you for a long time. It was great to see you as a happy young man enjoying your wonderful work in your terrific new meat shop. I loved the pictures of the cows and pigs especially. Your music was so much fun to listen to while I was watching your happy face. It was a beautiful door too You put so much effort into this project. It made me very happy to see you again. Love from your old friend, Miindy; March 29, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Anonymous said...: Great job! But that doesn't surprise me. I know you will give your best to anything you try. I can't wait to share this with other alumni.

Hope to see you soon.

Kathy Simic
Cooke Center; March 31, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey Billy,
loved the video, love the cows and pigs, and if you ever decide to ship your meat--give me a call out here in Tucson.
You and all of your parents must be so proud!; April 5, 2009 at 5:58 PM

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About Triform Farm

Triform Farm is part of Triform Camphill Community. Triform, founded in 1979, is a residential and therapeutic community for young adults with special needs, located on 125 acres in New York's rural Columbia County. The mission of Triform is to build a vital community life that provides each person the possibility for healing, self-development and fulfillment of potential.

Triform Farm is a USDA Certified Organic and Demeter Certified Bio-dynamic farm. The farm consists of a hand-milked dairy herd, grass-fed beef herd, and heritage breed pigs. On the farm the young adults have an opportunity to gain practical work skills. Students come to the farm to experience working with the animals. They feed the cows, steers and pigs, muck out the barn, clean pens and provide bedding for the animals. They learn to use different tools and how to work as a team with the other members of the farm crew.

Some students go on to become farm apprentices. The apprentices work more full time on the farm and carry many of the daily responsibilities of running a small dairy. They learn how to milk the cows by hand, maintain the machinery, do building projects and repair work to the barn and animal pens, drive the farm golf cart, identify when animals are sick or in heat, and much, much, more. The apprentice program is about four years in length. In that time the young people gain a very broad knowledge of farming. Some go on to work on other farms. Even if they do not, the sense of responsibility, independence and empowerment they gain through land work carries over into other aspects of their lives.

The same can be said of many young co-workers who have come to Triform to volunteer for one year or many. They come with an interest in land work and leave with a very thorough training in biodynamic agriculture. Triform Farm is an exciting place to learn and gain strength and confidence through trying new things. Everyone soon finds that they not only know how to do a new task but have taken on the responsibility of making sure that job is maintained. They can each see that their contribution is vital to the running of the farm. In that way everyone shares in the ownership of Triform Farm.