Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLSilicon Valley Homestead?
A California woman is hoping residents of one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the nation want to save a two-acre pasture with 17 goats and myriad other farm animals.
Lisa Green, a massage therapist from Redwood City, and her 13-year-old son, Evan, tend the animal-farm-of-sorts at the corner of Hacienda Drive and Woodside Road in Woodside — an enclave for Silicon Valley investors.
Green, and fans of Goat Hill, say they’re offering area families a rural education in the skills of sustainable living such as yogurt and cheese making, organic gardening, animal husbandry and even farm accounting.
Farm accounting is what goes into an animal, what comes out, and the difference, a “concrete” lesson in the basics of profit and loss, Green told Almanac News in this story. “It’s a wonderful model for teaching those skills,” Green said.
The property, however, which includes a house, is for sale, the News reported. Green is hoping angel investors or sponsors can see the value of a little community farm and save it for future generations.
“It’s very comforting to people,” Green said. “Nobody has a farm around here anymore.”
MY GRANDCHILDREN LOVE THOSE GOATS ON WOODSIDE RD NEAR THE 280. WHERE DID THEY GO…DOES WEBB RANCH HAV GOATS. THANK YOU
I believe they moved to land in La Honda when they couldn’t get approval to stay on Woodside Road.