Reskilling

Reskilling is learning sustainable and practical survival skills that were used by previous generations to provide the basic necessities of life. It is our hope that reskilling not only teach valuable skills but also provide an opportunity for connecting within the community and the earth.   Initial plans to accomplish these goals include: 1) Conduct a community survey to identify knowledgeable individuals who are willing to share their skills and create an easily accessible directory of this information;  2) Set up workshops/classes where various skills are taught.  The location of such classes could be done at people's homes or through community education or at field trips. 3) Create an inventory of who has products to sell 4) Identify job possibilities and grant writers related to reskilling Reskilling ideas generated during the first meeting fall mostly under the category of subsistence.  This list will be expanded and refined in the future.  Initial Ideas growing fruit/vegetables seed saving food preservation and storage    raising livestock orchard pruning chicken butchering - mobile unit or rent? beekeeping wild food gathering cheese making pottery making building smoke house building an ice house building simple structures  hide tanning leather and cloth sewing spinning blacksmithing shared equipment center hands-on building equipment Email messages can be sent to the group members at reskilling@hayriverti.org To see the latest interaction between group members sign up for the reskilling email group at Project email lists

Eileen Bartschenfeld taught canning  at United Lutheran in Prairie Farm