Horny Goat Heritage Farm

Get Ready Denver

2012-07-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

After many months of preparation we have secured our small ranch in Conifer CO. Thank you to our Portland CSA members who have been with us from the beginning. Our goals on the farm remains the same and that is to grow healthy quality animals for our future food source. Times are getting tough and uncertain, more now then ever we should be concerned with our health and what kind of foods we are putting in our bodies. God knows some of us only have our health these days. We will be here to support the efforts of quality products raised on farms and ranches by farmers and landowners who care and are hands on daily.

Denver NOW is your chance to get in on the meat share beginning in January 2013. All meat products will be fresh or fresh frozen and well packed. Please see the past post regarding our products and prices. In a nutshell 300 lbs or fresh farm meats for a great price. Full and half shares are available. You must purchase by Oct 31st for your January delivery. This will also make a great gift for families and friends. If your membership is coming to an end in the coming months you can also renew by that same Oct 31st date.

Meat Share pickup!

2011-07-01T07:39:00.000-07:00

WHEN: Saturday, July 2nd

WHERE: Figgy Whiggs Dessert Bar & Eatery
(East side of the Art's Bldg)
1104 Main St, Ste 111 Vancouver, WA 98660
360-314-4830

TIME: 0900-1100

See you all there!

BBQ Moved to Jun 4th

2011-05-28T09:08:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend. I was hoping it was not going to rain but hey what could I expect, after all it is " Rose Festival Weekend". We are moving our cookout to next weekend due to lack of RSVP for today so if you want to come out and break bread with us please drop us a line by next Thursday. Our first meat share pickup is on June 11th so we want to make sure we can get people out here before then. If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to call or write us. Please come out next weekend we can hang together and eat! Saturday 2pm to 430pm Some of you brave souls can help feed the pigs!

Put a goat on it...

2011-05-14T21:13:00.000-07:00

So spring is really finally upon us and we have many new additions to our family here on the farm. About a month after our lamb "1201" arrived we met a host of kids: Clarence, Daisy, Molly, Rollo, Rainbow, and Francesca. This is great news and they bring pure joy to the farm. On a sad note, Bilbi, the sire to most of the kids lost his life to a coyote attack and he will be greatly missed. Fortunately Bilbi's spirit lives on in his kids and today we found them inventing a new game, king of the llama mountain: This is twins Rainbow and Rollo walking/climbing on Shiloh as Sonya looks on...

Now Daisy takes a turn on top...

Now the game is over...

And nothing from the peanut gallery...

Now you have seen a lot of our new goats, we'd like to introduce a few other characters.... Here is Stalin out for a nice jaunt around the pasture.

He is flanked by a couple ganders and chickens. That Daisy is back on the llama again... Shiloh is such a patient goat-sitter....

And some more hogs, getting in some exercise as the other llamas look on from the far pasture.

Can you spot the hams in this picture?

Now a less active member right now is our goose who is diligently sitting on her eggs in self-imposed seclusion

Thought of the day: Everyone has their place in this world, find yours.

Come out to our new location in beautiful Estacada Oregon

2011-04-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

Bilbi Goat and all the members of the HGHF would like to welcome our new members out to the farm for a cookout on Saturday May 28th from 1pm til 330pm. If you are still on the fence come on out and check us out and have a bite. We would love to meet you and answer any questions you may have about the meat share or the Farm store! Please call or email to RSVP so that we know how much food to prepare. Thank you all for your support. We will get through these rough times together. Best Wishes, Farmer Jenn and Farmer Ernie

After Midnite

2011-03-28T07:07:00.000-07:00

Our first new arrival came to the Farm just Saturday morning... and we shall call him "1201" as his momma is known as "12". "12" is a St. Croix ewe and the ram is a Katahdin so we are calling this little lamb a St. Katadin. It is such a treat to see nature work its magic, the ewe had him mostly cleaned off when we entered the barn for the usual morning chores and found the little guy standing there with his momma and the Herd standing aside watching.

They are enjoying a private "suite" for the next few days to ensure the health and safety of the lamb. We did a quick milk of the ewe and tried feed the lamb with a bottle so we knew he was getting his colostrum, but he did not take to the bottle, which turned out to be okay as it seemed to motivate him to go and nurse from his mom. And that was preferred anyway, we just wanted to be sure it was happening.

"12" is turning out to be a decent mother and "1201" has a good appetite and plenty of vigor. And the cutest black accents...

He is just the first of many to young to come, we pray they will all be healthy and uneventful births like this one.

Duck, Duck, Goose?

2011-03-11T12:25:00.000-08:00

This morning Farmer Erny discovered a new addition to the egg assortment here at the farm.

So this is more like chicken, chicken, Goose... mother Goose is finally in season, we have been waiting to see how big the eggs would be and they are quite large. The far left is from a bantam Silkie hen the middle ones from Rhode Island Red and then from the Tolouse goose. So the shells are pretty, but let's see how the inside looks...

So the cracked eggs are in the same order, the bantam and standard size egg end up netting almost the same volume, but look at the goose egg! Interestingly the "white" of the goose egg is very clear. Now all three have awesome yolks that stand up like yellow ping pong balls, which you don't see in store bought eggs. (Note to self: include a store egg for comparison next time) Here is a closer look at the goose egg:

Now let's see what it looks like cooked...

What a yummy change of pace for breakfast

(btw, the camera time stamp is wrong - the date seems to reset itself :)

Remind me again why growing food naturally is important?

2011-03-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

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Variety Meat Box

2011-02-18T14:47:00.000-08:00

The meat lovers have it! Get a jump start and start putting funds towards your Meat Share now! Or, you can just purchase the one time variety box. For only 125.00, you can have 30lbs of Farm raised natural meats. Pay Now for your bounty in June!

Your Credit is Good With Us

2011-02-16T14:23:00.000-08:00

A lot of you who know me, know that I talk a lot about community, goodwill, and filling up the bucket of trust so to speak. Well I figured I would put my money and my efforts where my mouth is. The farm is going to allow it's members to open up Farm accounts. I decided this for a few reasons. One, it may be hard for some people to have a large lump some of money just laying around in these times. Secondly, it will prove my point about creating trust and bonds. The trust aspect for me is simple, you do what you say and say what you mean. If there is a problem that you did not for see let's figure out the best possible solution as a team who both has dogs in the fight. So, if you want more details on the Farm Credit Account visit the Contact Us page and send me your info. I will in turn send you an email back describing the simple program and what you need to do.

Best wishes all and lets show the big Banks that we don't need them to succeed because we have the strength and the word of each other in these trying times.

Food Sellers Grit Teeth, Raise Prices Packagers and Supermarkets Pressured to Pass Along Rising Costs, Even as Consumers Pinch Pennies

2011-02-14T12:44:00.000-08:00

So I saw this headline today entitled. "Food Sellers Grit Teeth, Raise Prices" from this article at the Wall Steet Journal. Here is the link if you want to check it our for yourself. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704506404575592313664715360.html

Anyway, this is one reason why we started this farm. It hit me like a brick a few years ago that there was not much in this world that I could change. I was starting to become bitter and worried and I just had a pit in my stomach because I felt like something big was going to hit happen to the American way of life and hit us pretty hard. So after some soul searching I started to think of things that humans need to survive everyday life whether or not they had things like a job, a sane government, a since of peace and calm.. Things that are becoming uncommon in this day and age. Items that came to mind were, food, clothes, shelter, security, family, faith, community, morals,character, purpose, and the laws of nature. Eureka!!! I found the keys to my happiness. Now only if I can find a way to loosely control some of these things I think I will be okay for the hard times to come if I focus on these things. This is where farming came into my life. While living in the suburbs. I visited the library constantly reading every book I could find on all types of ways people farmed and lived simply. From the library I branched out to the world wide web to peek into the lives of people who were living the dream. I found information and about the good and the bad of this type of lifestyle over the years. I have laughed and cried with the people while reading about their journeys. Many of them who have come from similar beginnings. Dependent on the unsustainable system that we all have created. Please don't get offended because I would be the first person in line at a Walmart to get a good deal on something that I need or at a Macy's 6 hour sale! LOL With that said, I do also realize that the big box stores are not the only way to supply yourself and your family with needed items. But I digress, after many many months of study, thoughts, mistakes and prayer, here we are living the farm life! I am not concerned about rising food prices for my family because we are growing and raising a lot of our own this year, but I am concerned about the families of others who have not looked into other alternatives for food buying sources.

Our CSA Sign Up Is Now Underway

2011-02-03T13:24:00.000-08:00

Our CSA offers the finest quality pasture raised meats. Each month you receive a selection of meats inclusive of our salad and bean raised pork, pastured chicken, duck, lamb, beef and some other rustic meat treats. Our CSA enables our customers to get wholesale prices without the need to own huge freezer space! If you like veggies we have those too, most are of the Heirloom variety.

We offer a multitude of ways that you can join the family here at Horny Goat.

1. Purchase Our Farmer's Meat Share and receive great tasting naturally raised meat here from the farm all year long.

2. Purchase Our Farmer's Seasonal Produce Share. We offer this at the end of winter for food grown in the spring and summer months.

3. You can exchange cash for Goat Money and use it to purchase products from the farm like eggs, cheese and milk year round while products are plentiful.

Why Shop With Us?

If you are going to buy food any way, why not spend it with people who are going to put it right back into our local economy.

We keep our overhead at a minimum so that our prices are low and competitive while keeping the product intimate and maintaining quality.

What we don't grow, I bet we have neighbors near by that do. Blueberries anyone?

More info to come about pricing soon!