02/19/2026
Hello everyone. It sure has been a while. We've been busy with homeschooling our 6 children and homesteading, along with the everyday life of going to work outside the home. We just needed a bit of a break from the Wild Olive Acre business, but we're finally rested from the "burnout" and are ready to start again! We hope and pray everyone had a wonderful holiday season and have started your new year with a positive and productive attitude, ready to begin your new year with a new skill!
Our family has a big goal: In the Spring of 2027, we are relocating our homestead to a permanent site in Southwest Missouri. We are dedicated to building a new foundation for our family in the Ozarks, and we are running a special series of classes this season to help fund the move.
We are opening 5 Exclusive Poultry Harvest Masterclasses for the 2026 season.
This is a 5-hour, comprehensive, hands-on immersion in our open-air processing area. We are moving beyond theory to give you the actual skills of a resilient food system. We will cover the full cycle of the Cornish Cross meat bird:
Husbandry: Proper care, feeding, and management for high-quality meat.
Harvest: Professional, humane dispatch and open-air processing.
Post-Harvest: Evisceration, sanitation, and long-term storage.
After a careful demonstration and under direct supervision, each student will personally harvest two broilers—including dispatch, scald, pluck, and evisceration. We will use professional shrink-bags for packaging that stores beautifully in your freezer.
So why Join Us? Whether you want to take this class for skill-building, just for experience to see if you really want to pursue a life of making your own food or if you just need a refresher, this class is for you.
We have 5 dates planned for this year: 3 in the spring and 2 in the fall. Each class will have 10 spots available.
Location: Our Homestead (Open-Air Processing Area)
Take Home: You will take home the 2 fresh broilers you harvested during the class!
We will be posting the official flyer with pricing and registration details very soon. Keep an eye on this page to secure one of the limited spots!
Steadfastly,
Ron Jones & Family
