After you place your order, let us know how you would like the above digital card addressed and we will personalize it for your sweetie and share it with you via email!
BUY one or both of our Bold goat KIDS Board Books!
SKIP, LEAP, BOOM! At just a few hours old, baby goats begin learning to hop. Follow along as Jack the goat kid joyfully explores his new talent and ends up a little farther away from home than he expected. A celebration of joy, bravery, and all the sweet things that keep us grounded as we grow.
SWEET PEA IS FREE! Follow Sweet Pea on her journey to a new farm where she discovers she is the only goat with long ears! She learns that her unique qualities are gifts that can empower her!
#BoldGoat any photos of your little one enjoying the books! I can’t wait to see them in all kinds of sweet little hands!
We figure each of our 30 goats eat about 1/2 bag of grain each month. We work hard to make a No Cull approach to farming work, and any time we can subtract an expense means we are able to get closer to making the business run well so we can meet all the needs of the goats even as they age. By taking a goat to dinner, you are helping the farm's bottom line and making a goat happy every day of the year.
We worked with a really cool program through Maine Farmland Trust for farmers this winter to break down farm expenses and time spent making products and working with the herd. The goal was to try to come up with realistic prices that reflect money and time put in so that if we ever did some wholesale we would have solid numbers in mind. What we realized, in the end, is that the formula doesn't exactly work for our tiny farm or goats making a tiny amount of milk, especially since we are committed to the most humane practices and a no cull approach where every goat is treated like a prized pet. We realized we would have to charge about $20 a container of cheese. But after the shock, we realized that we didn't want to count our time spent as part of the calculation, because there is nothing we would rather be doing than this work. Nothing better than connecting with our herd and the amazing people who love them.
Our goal has always been to find creative ways to cover some expenses like Open Farm Days and Donation Yoga Classes that enrich the community and allow the farm to cover expenses and generate a profit. We have tried to make the farm a small scale version of the openness we want to see in the world: in 2020, even when visiting was limited, we added extra barn cams which people watch around the world and took over 20 school groups on free Zoom field trips to the farm.
We know you are all as connected in many ways to the herd as we are. If you have been watching the live feed and wished you could reach through your computer to love on the mamas, here is your chance! Join us for our first-ever grain subscription program and then every time they are enjoying breakfast or dinner, you will know you are the one treating them to their favorite moment of the day!
Get Your Sunflower Farm Swag!
FARM SWAG in every size and color at your fingertips! For quality farm printed items including our portrait of Don Pedro which proved OLD GOATS ARE COOL! Click Here. A few dollars from every purchase goes to help support our no null, humane approach to farming. You can have the art printed by Threadless onto cell phone covers, pillows, framed prints, t-shirts, sweatshirts and more!
ORDER ON AMAZON HERE! Grit, Grace & Goats opens an intimate window into life on a Nigerian Dwarf goat farm in Maine. Mini memoirs allow readers to step into a day at the farm and come away with a new perspective on life. Even city folks will find experiences that translate to paths to feeling more human. The delightful collection also includes the creamery's delicious recipes for goat milk chèvre, feta, yogurt, cajeta, caramels and fudge. This issue is full of heart melting photos taken by the author Hope Hall and also showcases photographer Catherine Frost, who shot stunning portraits of each member of Sunflower Farm’s goat herd. Grit, Grace & Goats is the perfect gift for anyone who loves goats and wants to learn more about local, humane farming. It includes nitty-gritty tips that will help if you plan to make the leap into tending your own herd and plenty of big-picture thinking to remind you why you dream of small farming! The book even includes instructions for making a 3D felted goat sculpture and a knitting pattern for making a goat sweater for those who are looking for goat inspired crafting ideas.
Part 2 of the collection, due out August 2018, will include exciting coverage of the ups and downs of kidding season. 50 Nigerian Dwarf goat kids are expected to arrive over two weeks in April! You can also look forward to lots of tasty recipes highlighting goat milk products, a story about goat yoga, a design plan for building a low waste hay feeder, tips on building a licensed cheese kitchen, advice for when kidding does not go like clockwork and more goaty goodness. Unable to wait for the next collection to be published? Check out the Sunflower Farm YouTube channel and live barn cam or even better, head to Maine for a visit! You can visit our farm website at www.sunflowerfarm.info
Published March 2018 - Sunflower Farm Creamery - Cumberland, Maine - 68 pages full color - available in print and on Kindle as a download - All proceeds go to taking care of the goat herd on our No Cull Farm.
Thanks so much for ordering. A few dollars from each order of the print softcover or Kindle copies directly support the farm's expenses and allow us to continue our No Cull approach.