Farm Economy
When one mighty Maddie does the work of ten wet-hay-waste bin tampers.
The Naming Convention
Every year we name our baby goats with the same first letter of their mother's first name. So all of Jewel's babies have names that start with the letter "J," all of Banana Jam's babies start with the letter "B," etc. Vermeer's is one of our favorite lines, and every year we keep one we have to come up with a good "V" name - that also matches the goat. As you can see, Cocoa Puff was a necessary compromise.
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"Volunteering is linked to health benefits like lower blood pressure and decreased mortality rates."
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A Further Sequence of Events
Here we are, pregnant and cuddly.
Soon we'll be here, milky and chaotic.
No, wait! Here! Full of sighs and squees.
And you could be here! (as bottle-feeder, not goat)
Use the Milk Share/Farm Volunteer form on the home page if you'd like to help with the baby goats for the March 2017 kidding season.
A Few of Our Fellow Non-Fellow Farmers
"Many of my fellow famers are women. You look around in the field, barn, or greenhouse and you're bound to find women breaking down and building up our understanding of gender roles."
Stella Natura, 2017, "Balance Through Agriculture in the Hudson Valley," Jesse Ezekiel Tolz.
Kids2
Hosting human kids from New Horizons Cooperative Pre-School
Ah, the quiet time...
We're entering the quietest time of year on the farm, winter! The goats will be dried off shortly, everyone who should be is pregnant, and it's time to clean out the nursery in anticipation of super helpful new farm assistants, like these little guys.
If you're interested in volunteering with the baby goats please send us an email. There are morning, noon, and evening bottle feedings, pen and nursery cleaning, and, of course, intensive cuddle training.
Farm Glossary: Dried off, to dry off
To stop milking the does and let their bodies store resources for the remainder of their pregnancies.