Conservation Training
Livestock 101: Urban Animal Agriculture
September 1, 2026
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual
To get an introduction on the goals and practices of urban animal agriculture , primarily for NRCS staff, technical advisors and practioners/farmers of urban animal agriculture to cover the basics of markets, production, regulations, best practices.
Hear about the basics of urban livestock raising. Including an overview of the major species and markets, general practice of care , rules/regulations and key points for raising livestock for food in urban conditions" To be covered would include species raised, the markets for each, the general feeding and care of the animals, the types of regulations about housing, smell, noise, limits on numbers of. This would be primarily rabbits, goats, small pigs, lambs, chickens. Best practices for feeding, care, harvesting processing, storing and marketing. For NRCS staff and specialists in urban agriculture.