plowing a field with two oxen roadbuilding with oxen oxen pulling a cart
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Training Tillers' Learning Center at Cooks Mill provides the facilities and superb environment for learning and research. Our corps of staff and volunteers bring a wealth of expertise and experience in Animal Traction and other Low-Capital Technologies training and innovation in rural communities around the world.
Classes
Visit our Course Catalog page to learn more about class opportunities we offer. Classes are taught at Cooks Mill, Tillers' learning center in Scotts, MI, as well as at the Dream Acres center in Wykoff, MN.
Blacksmith striking hot steel Oxen basics students in 2005 Participants set the irons during a wheelwrighting class
Internships
Interns at Tillers work in sustainable agriculture, rural development, historical interpretation, and organizational operations. They receive practical training from artisans, farmers, and international students, in a range of skills relating to small-scale farming, research, and rural enterprises.
interns use oxen to cut hayAn intern preparing a timberframe
Custom Training
If you have a particular skill cluster that you want to explore, such as groundnuts from field prep to harvest; if you want a thorough demonstration of several innovative uses of animal power; or if you would like a training package tailored to your needs.
Dr. Omar Ulloa from EARTH Univ. working an animal drawn road grader Paul Webster of Mujila Falls project in Zambia/DRC weeding corn
Working with Tillers International
Tillers provides trainings and consultations internationally regarding the introduction or maximization of Animal Power, Blacksmithing, Woodworking, Intensive Pasturing and Fodder, low-capital technologies and more.  Click here to learn more.
plowing in Tanzania with improved ox yoke
Advanced blacksmithing techniques in Nicaragua
Literature
Books, videos, and other publications that can be purchased from Tillers are listed on Tillers’ Literature Page. There are also other sources of literature and web resources that are available from other organizations.

 

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