TBAFarms

Our farm is in Upstate NY and we do Slaughter Your Own Pig classes/workshops here a few times a year. it's great fun and a pretty good deal. OP is obviously too far to partake but I thought others might be interested. Here's a link with more information. As for OP, try this board to find a farm that might offer a similar experience on the West Coast.

I'm a small farmer in Lisle, NY, about an hour south of you. I'd be interested to come to some events but I'm pretty busy so I may not be able to be full fledged. Currently I'm curing a whole mess of pork, including 3 dry cured hams, guanciale, pancetta and goat prosciutto. We raise pigs and chickens primarily but do an odd animal from time to time and may start raising goats on a larger scale in the next year. I also, conveniently, have the facilities to slaughter animals, so if you or the group or anyone you know is interested in buying whole animals, either from me or someone else, I could help with the process. E-mail me if you're interested, my E-mail is on our blog. Nick Tbafarms.com