SFRAW CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
NOV 2024: THE SFRAW DIY BUDGET–FRIENDLY MENU WORKSHOP NEW class to be co-taught by Malia and Kodi with oversight by Kasie. Class curriculum and material prepared by Kasie Maxwell Grujcic, SFRAW Founder/Owner.
Date: Sunday Nov 3rd, 2024 from 9:00am-12-noon
Location: SFRAW, 250 Napoleon Street Unit G, San Francisco, CA 94124
Cost: $175/per person (non-members) CURRENT MEMBERS get 30% off with a discount code! Please call 415-225-589 or email thankyou@sfraw.com to verify your membership status & get your code.
Class size is limited to 12 participants (6 food prep stations will be set up with two people per station). Class size is intimate by design, allowing for meaningful Q&A during the workshop and for participants to receive one-on-one guidance and instruction.
The cost for the workshop includes educational material, sample menu plans, food/ingredients, packaging, and supplies involved in making the food you will take home.
- Hands-on workshop: Participants will prepare sample meals to take home to feed your dog(s) & cats(s).
- Important: Your animals should not have any dietary restrictions or special menu requirements. The primary focus is on budget without ingredient or protein restrictions.
- SFRAW Standards: Our quality and sourcing standards will be maintained. While our focus is on budget, we will not use lesser quality or questionable ingredients. No CAFO or factory farmed, conventionally raised, meat, poultry, or farm-raised seafood. Everything we use is processed humanely in USDA facilities, USDA inspected and approved for human consumption, handled properly, and never chemically denatured, treated with stabilizers, preservatives, or biological control agents, otherwise “sterilized”, HPP processed, or irradiated.
During our hands-on workshop we will teach you how to put together a DIY menu plan for your raw fed pets with a focus on keeping costs low while sourcing a variety of high-quality ingredients sourced from producers using more humane practices and better than average farming methods.
Budget is the primary focus for this class. The menu plan will include buying bulk cases of raw meaty bones, organs, meat, seafood & extras which you will need to prep and organize.
One of the primary benefits of this workshop class is learning invaluable tips, tricks & shortcuts to preparing and feeding a budget focused fresh foods diet to your animals. We'll share practical advice, honed from over 35-years of DIY raw feeding, to make preparing your pet's meals more affordable, easy, and fun.
Topics covered include:
- Menu planning to ensure nutritional adequacy: SFRAW's standard DIY Budget Friendly Menu Plan booklet
- Prep & packing techniques
- Important storage/handling considerations
When budget is a concern, yet you seek to provide a diet that supports your animal’s best possible health and longevity, following SFRAW’s DIY Budget Friendly Menu Plan is worth the extra effort. By taking this workshop, you’ll learn how to plan budget friendly menus using SFRAW sourced ingredients while satisfying your pet’s essential nutritional requirements: learn how to simplify the process, gain confidence, and have fun while doing it!
"CORE" SFRAW WORKSHOPS
RAW FEEDING WORKSHOP FOR PUPPIES Your puppy's first year is a critical period of development that will significantly influence and determine the outcome of their mental, behavioral and physical health for the rest of their lives. During this crucial first year, the nutrition, handling, and rearing choices that you make will have a lasting outcome. The first part of this workshop will provide a brief overview of basic Natural Rearing principles and suggestions for setting your puppy up for success from a holistic perspective. The second part of our workshop provides a hands-on experience where we show you how to put together a sample menu/diet and provide ideal nutrition for your puppy from weaning through the first 12-months of age. While making food, we will answer all of your general questions, discuss transitioning your puppy to raw, and preparing raw diets on a practical level. You will pick-up practical tips and tricks from seasoned raw feeders on how to feed fresh foods properly and how to manage every-day feeding with ease. Participants will prepare a meal that they can take home to feed their puppy. The third part of this workshop is a guided tour of SFRAW where we will help identify specific products that are particularly well-suited for puppies during that first year of life (including recreational chews, supplements and fresh food ingredients). Suggested shopping lists will be provided. Participants are welcome to make purchases after class. Non-member participants are offered a one-time referral shopping discount (30% off/member pricing level) for any purchases made that day. Space is limited to 10 participants (food prep stations will be set-up with two people per station). Cost for the seminar includes food/ingredients, packaging and supplies involved in making the food you'll take home. Please let us know in advance if your pet has any food allergies or intolerances so we will have ingredients that will work for your pet ready for you.
FAVORITE WORKSHOPS
TOP TEN HERBS In this class, we will review which herbs you should keep handy at home and how to use them safely for your dogs and cats. We'll discuss some of our favorite herbs that can be used for first aid, healing and nutrition with a demonstration on how to prepare one of the remedies featured. Participants will go home with a sample of the remedy made during the demonstration.
NATURALLY SAFE SEMINAR: Raw Feeding Safely & Natural First Aid Part One: Review common safety concerns and potential issues with feeding a fresh foods diet. Part Two: Veterinary demonstration and presentation on Natural First Aid techniques and first-aid home remedies for dogs and cats. Cost for the seminar includes one SFRAW Basic Natural First Aid kits for each participant (FREE). Educational with demonstrations; not a hands-on workshop.
NEW CLASSES & WORKSHOPS to be added ASAP.
Diet Options: Review of Popular DIY Fresh Food Diets
Which option will you choose? With so many options and conflicting theories/approaches to fresh food diets, it can be overwhelming and confusing to decide. In this class, we explore and compare some of the most popular choices available to you as a fresh food feeder to help you make a full assessment in determining what makes the most sense for your animals currently. Diets Juliette di Bairclay Levy (published in 1955) to Dr. Pitcairn (published in 1983 - where Kasie started) on through to Wendy Volhard, Ian Billinghurst, Kymythy Schultze, Tom Lonsdale, Steve Brown, Lew Olson and others. In addition to the different published diets, we'll review different methods of feeding including: adhering to strict AAFCO/NRC guidelines using spreadsheets or calculators, "balance over time" menus, prey model, "gorge and fast", home-cooking, TCM menus, ketogenic, and Rotational Mono Feeding (RMF) plans. Educational & instructional class only with plenty of Q&A; attendees will not prepare meals or take home food from this class.
Raw Foundations: Raw Meaty Bones & Offal
In this class, we break down two extremely important food categories for DIY raw feeding: Raw Meaty Bones (RMB) and offal/organs. Each provide essential nutrients required as part of any diet in order to feed your dogs and cats properly and safely. Review of how to meet minimum dietary requirements and how to determine if you're providing the right amounts for your individual animal, how much to feed and when to make adjustments, as needed. Learn how to incorporate these essential foods into the diet in a way that works best for your unique circumstances/animals. How to choose the best raw meaty bones; what the different offal/organs provide nutritionally and how to use them to naturally balance common health concerns. Includes a guided bones and organs "walk through" tour, while we "hunt" for examples of these different foods to learn about the various options available to you and assess which might be best to try (or best to avoid) for animals under your care. Educational & instructional class only with plenty of Q&A; attendees will not prepare meals or take home food from this class.
Raw Feeding Smooch Faces, Giants & Littles
Raw feeding tips including risk assessment, feeding considerations and nutritional needs specific to tiny dogs (under 10-lbs), giant dogs (over 100-lbs) and brachycephalic breeds (Frenchies, Bulldogs, Pugs, etc.) Educational & instructional class with demos and examples; attendees will not prepare meals or take home food from this class.
Food That Heals: Reverse Aging for Senior Dogs
How to use nutrition to heal, strengthen, and to improve the life and health of your aging dog. Learn how your dog can enjoy longer, happier, healthier senior years with the right foods. Educational hands-on workshop; attendees will prepare a great starter meal specifically developed for the special needs of your senior dog.
Fresh, Nutritious Home-Cooked Meals for Dogs
Learn practical tips on how to prepare safe, nutritious meals for your dog using several methods; how to prepare and share “family” meals with your dog safely; and the nutritional adjustments required when feeding an exclusively cooked diet vs raw diet. Educational hands-on workshop; attendees will prep a great starter meal that you will then cook at home via your method of preference.